Posts from June 2025

Dear Peace members and friends, Enough rain everyone? When it comes to the nature’s unpredictable ways, I have often replied to pleas from church members such as, “Pray that my outdoor wedding/game/match/backyard lounging doesn’t get rained on,” with the line, “I don’t do weather!” But today, I’m hoping that you’re drying out and the sun will shine…..soon!  As you know, Jesus healed many people. But he didn’t heal everybody. He walked by all the sufferers laid out on pallets by…

Dear Peace members and friends,  I’m looking forward to Sunday worship (9:30am)! We’ll begin a sermon series called, “How My Mind Has Changed.” Let me explain: way back, when I was considering the call to parish ministry, an old pastor (had to be 50!), after listening to me describe how I had come to that point, looked at me and said, “If there’s any way you can avoid this, run! Run, and keep on running! Go into ministry only if there’s…

Dear Peace members and friends,  There is the old story about a little girl in Sunday School, drawing with all her crayons and with all of her might. Her teacher asked her what she was drawing, “I’m drawing a picture of God,” the girl said. Her teacher replied: “But, my dear, nobody knows what God looks like.” To which the little girl replied without looking up: “Well, they will when I’m finished!”  I tell you that story because this coming…

Dear Peace Members and Friends,  Since I last wrote the last e-note, most of you have become aware that I have submitted my resignation to the Church Council, effective August 1st. I’ll say more about that at the end of this note.   This Sunday in worship (9:30am) we will once again celebrate God’s faithfulness to God’s people now and always in the festival of Pentecost. We will celebrate that we have been given the gift of God’s Holy Spirit to…