Dear Friends, Have you ever thought about old wounds and how they mess with our lives now? Especially spiritual wounds. Those can come about for almost anybody inflicted by some…
Dear Friends, It is evaluation time again for your pastors. There are evaluations for both Joe and I available at the church on the entry table. Feel free to come…
Dear Friends, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a sermon called “Shattered Dreams.” It was near the end of his life, and many hurdles had still yet to be overcome. There…
Dear Friends, There is a lot I have to say “good-bye” to in order to live a more plain and simple life. But plain and simple is what we aspire to,…
Dear Friends, We as Quakers talk about “plain speech”, about not saying more than needs to be said, and saying what is said in as plain a way as…
Dear Friends, I had an issue with my email last week sending something from a member to an unknown place (trash, spam?). Just as a normal rule of thumb, if…
Dear Friends, Wouldn’t it be wonderful if hearing from God clearly came very easily to everyone? All the time? That we knew right away the right decision to make? But…
Dear Friends, Sunday is going to be a very special Sunday. Come to learn a song that is being sung in solidarity with the people of Minnesota, and it has traveled…
Dear Friends, It has been a busy week for many of us. I know there was a lot in your last newsletter as far as opportunities for service. I hope…
Dear Friends, Today I will be giving you six different ways to interact with the problems of our nation. 1) The first, of course, is prayer. Quaker prayer is called “holding in…