by Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton | Jan 12, 2025
Who doesn’t love a good wine story?? But before we go there, I want to take us back to the very beginning of the Gospel of John, where we hear some of our favorite Christmas Eve words— In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was...
by Rev. Dr. Stephen Simmons | Jan 5, 2025
Ephesians 1: 3-11 (Common English Bible) Matthew 2: 2-12 (Common English Bible) Happy New Year! As we wade into this year of our Lord 2025, I’d like to begin with an old camp song that goes, appropriately enough, to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne.” Maybe you know it....
by Rev. Suzanne Trump | Dec 29, 2024
There are some quotes that are easily recognizable and once you hear them you can immediately place the movie or the time and place And we use them often because they are so recognizable Here are some of my favorite movie quotes, how many do you recognize? “Frankly,...
by Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton | Dec 24, 2024
Amazing Peace: A Christmas PoemBy Dr. Maya Angelou Thunder rumbles in the mountain passesAnd lightning rattles the eaves of our houses.Flood waters await us in our avenues. Snow falls upon snow, falls upon snow to avalancheOver unprotected villages.The sky slips low...
by Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton | Dec 22, 2024
This Sunday, we look to an understated member of the Holy Family, Joseph. We don’t sing songs about him or celebrate his role in parenting Jesus or nurturing his family, but there is much to be said about him. Matthew’s gospel account says that in the midst of the...
by Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton | Dec 15, 2024
In the fifteenth year of the rule of the emperor Tiberius—when Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea and Herod was ruler over Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler over Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was ruler over Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of...
