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Pastor’s Ponderings March 2025    “On the Road with Jesus”   In Luke 9:51, we read, “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he...

Pastor’s Ponderings February 2025    Praying and eating. Hardly a page goes by in Luke’s Gospel without Jesus doing one or the other....

Pastor’s Ponderings January 2025    During this time of year I think about Howard Thurman’s famous poem about the work of Christmas. And...

Pastor’s Ponderings December 2024    Weary is a good way to describe the state of our world as the calendar year 2024 comes to an end....

Pastor’s Ponderings November, 2024 In my sermon on October 27th I mentioned the anxiety that many people are facing because of the 2024...

Pastor’s Ponderings October, 2024     I wish I remembered the details more accurately, but years ago someone told me about a short story...

Pastor’s Ponderings September, 2024   The Biblical story begins with a promise. God promises the newly created humans that they can...

Pastor’s Ponderings August 2024 "Building a Life, Part Three" We’ve been exploring Spiritual Disciplines this Summer, and I’m thrilled to...

Pastor’s Ponderings July 2024 “Building a Life, Part Two” In the May newsletter I announced my intention to preach a sermon series on...

During the month of June we will begin following a schedule of regular postings on social media. Be on the lookout for weekly posts from...

As May approaches and the weather gets warmer and warmer, many of us are looking forward to summer. For me this also means looking...

So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid....

Last month I wrote about sharing our stories of faith, and how talking about our faith out loud helps us to come to a deeper...

One morning some years ago, a young bookstore clerk named Deborah arrived at work early to open the shop. Standing at the door waiting...

. . . is how the Gospel of Mark begins. Most biblical scholars believe that the Gospel of Mark was the first of the four Gospels to be...

If someone makes a reference to “Hurricane Hazel” in our home these days, we’re apt to assume that Hazel, our 4-month old puppy, has...

Updated December 18, 2023 This month I’d like to share a poem by Ann Weems which has brought me comfort and perspective in recent days. I...

Proverbs 29:18 states emphatically: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” In terms of our life together we might say: “Where...

This Fall our theme is going to be “From Generation to Generation.” One of Covenant’s many strengths is that it is truly an...

In my column last month I wrote about the long tradition of Covenant mission trips that included both youth and adults. This month I...