by kwbooth@comcast.net | Jan 19, 2025 | Messages
Because we are complex beings living in a complex world, we sometimes deal with conflict within us in addition to conflict between us. Research tells us that because we humans are desperate for a sense of cohesion and belonging in these confusing times, we are hanging...
by kwbooth@comcast.net | Jan 12, 2025 | Messages
Did you know that over 99% of our DNA is the same from one human to another? This surely makes us kin. The word kindness originally developed from a root word that meant “family” or “with the feeling of relatives for each other.” We begin this...
by kwbooth@comcast.net | Jan 5, 2025 | Messages
As we celebrate and remember Jesus’ baptism, we’ll use the beautiful stained-glass window in out sanctuary to remember God’s grace in our lives through Scripture. Pastor Mar’s message is based on Isaiah 43: 1-7, “When You Are Between a...
by kwbooth@comcast.net | Dec 29, 2024 | Messages
Epiphany is a word derived from the Greek for “manifestation” and is usually used as a reminder that Jesus is God’s revelation for the whole world. We worship as our witness that God is worthy of our praise – and seek to follow God’s way...
by kwbooth@comcast.net | Dec 22, 2024 | Messages
Christmas has come and gone and now it is time for everyone to go home – the shepherds, Mary and Joseph, and us too. We go home changed, transformed by the message of the Incarnation – that we are not alone, that we have connection and hope. Today’s...
by kwbooth@comcast.net | Dec 17, 2024 | Messages
The first gift of Christmas, a proclamation from heaven itself, is joy. “I bring you great joy.” You aren’t required to feel a certain way about it. It’s yours, but no yours alone. Emmanuel, God with us, is the great joy for all people. Pastor...
