Part One: Scripture Review I want to offer a context for our scripture today. A book club bonus, if you will. We’ll focus on the Book of Acts in the coming weeks, called the Acts of the Apostles or Acts of the Holy Spirit. Acts and how its stories are often used in the church … read
Today is what the church traditionally calls Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday. It is the beginning of the end of Lent, the gates to Holy Week and Easter. Naturally then, I’d like to speak with you about Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve, 15 months ago, Eliz, our smart and incredibly welcoming Director of Children’s Ministry, had … read
Charge to the Congregation by the Reverend Dr. Deana Reed Deana is living with ALS and used an assistive device called a “Talk to Me” so she could “speak” her written words here through our sound system. There are few words that can express my excitement for this particular celebration of installation. A day full … read
For those of you who don’t know me, I’m the daughter of your pastor emeritus, that Jim Moiso guy who’s listed on the back of the bulletin. I’m of the Westminster youth-group era where we played sardines in the creepy corners of the basement before it was remodeled, and we used the old service elevator … read
Momilies are wisdom sayings, usually bestowed by mothers and grandmothers and maiden aunties for the purpose of equipping us as civilized human beings. They offer an easily accessed set of advice, interpretive data, and good ideas from which to draw. Perhaps, like me, you were crammed with momilies. “Anything worth doing is worth doing well.” … read
This Lenten season, there are two ways we can talk, think, and pray about restoration. The first is thinking about restoration with the belief that there is a moment, period, or idea of a time in the past that people in the present should restore to—to make Christianity great again. The second is thinking about … read