Pastor's Blog

“You know what day it is, right?” The gentleman at Atomic Pie, taking my lunch order, inquires about my knowledge of the calendar.

I venture a guess. “Pearl…Harbor…Day?”

“That’s right!” he exclaims. He tells me his father fought in that war. I tell him that asking about holidays is a...

I don’t always drink wine directly out of the chalice. But it was left over from worship with a group of pastors. We had celebrated Holy Communion together, and bread and wine remained, the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Out of respect for the real presence of Christ, blessed bread and wine are not thrown away; we don’t let it go to...

Poetry surrounds us, even in a world where we are not surrounded by wandering minstrels or people penning sonnets. Poetry exists in our music—song lyrics, words set to rhythm in rap music, even wordless melodies in instrumental music. Music inspires love and anger, dance and movement. Music has the power to comfort or to motivate. Music ...