The first Sunday after Three Kings is always Baptism of the Lord, when we remember the day Jesus walked into the waters with John the…
When our son Harry was ready to be baptized, it was not difficult for Charlene and me to decide who his godparents should be. Ron…
By Rev. Lucy Jones I was showing Amy and Jenn around the Grail at Cornwall, the spiritual retreat center where I work and where they were…
As the pastors of The United Methodist Church of the Village, we have been privileged to minister to a church that has been actively following…
There are a few lines from the book of Jeremiah that we sometimes read at Advent. They go like this: The days are surely coming,…
By Rev. Yuri Ando It was sometime in late July 2011 when Marge Kirchner, a friend of mine for years, called and asked if we…
I was a really scared little kid. The time of the day that was always most terrifying for me was bedtime. I hated going to…
By Rev. Sara Lamar-Sterling One of the most powerful moments in ministry is standing with a loving couple, shepherding them through their vows to love…
Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived…
By Rev. Kenneth Prill What began as a weekend barbeque in my cousin Joann’s back yard culminated a little over a year later in one…
