We are definitely in this TOGETHER!! Here are some of the songs and links to listen to them on YouTube from Sunday's sermon about Hearts and Homes. Do you have additional songs to add to this playlist? Add them to the comments at the bottom of this blog post. Thank you to everyone who has been willing to share their hearts- the music that comes to your mind when you think of heart or home. We get to walk alongside one another as we make room in our hearts for one another- t

This. In the midst of all the busy-ness, and fullness of life- may this video be a gift to you. A pause. A moment. A deep inhale. Take a moment to pause. Can you tap into that sacred space between your inhale and exhale- the pause? This weekend we hear one of the best known parables of Jesus- The Prodigal . Luke 15 has 3 parables of lost and found; sheep, coins, a son. In all that life has held recently I "lost" my practice of pausing, finding my home in my heart, taking t

Again and again and again. 26 times. Over the course of six weeks twenty-six people died. I was serving as a chaplain at a Long-Term Care facility that included Assisted Living, Senior Housing and Hospice beds. This was almost twenty years ago. I was in my early 40’s. It forever changed me. Many of the frontline care givers were in their early twenties. Each day when we arrived at work we would all pass by the front reception desk, At one corner of the glass window ther

For years I have reflected upon the concept of “going toward something so that it does not chase us” (more about that in this Sunday’s sermons- join us Sunday in Zoom 9amMT or in person at both 9am and 11am). Jesus is going toward Jerusalem. This Sunday we hear Jesus’ Lament over Jerusalem in Luke 13:31-35 . He is going toward the city where he will put on trial, convicted and then taken just outside the city to be crucified. As he is heading toward Jerusalem we hear the dee

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Fresh starts. Spring Cleaning. My hope and prayer for each of you as we begin this season of lent is that you will take to heart that lent is an invitation. It is an invitation to be intentional in growing spiritually. We often refer to these six weeks as a journey or a pilgrimage as we “travel” from Ask Wednesday to Good Friday. The beauty an