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Midweek Update – May 11, 2022 – Forgiven

Message, NewsMay 11, 2022

This Sunday our focus will be Peacemaking. The word is a verb as opposed to the word peace…

Midweek Update – May 4, 2022 – Coming Attractions

Message, NewsMay 4, 2022

In some Christian denominations the pastor’s hands are tied in terms of the passages she or he will…

Midweek Update – Nov 24, 2021 – Happy Thanksgiving!

MessageNovember 24, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving! As I write this I am sitting in our house in Tempe. My husband has gone…

Midweek Update – Nov 3, 2021 – About Stewardship

MessageNovember 3, 2021

I was asked to write an article about this year’s Stewardship campaign at St. Andrew’s, but I think…

Midweek Update – May 19, 2022 – Young People and the Church
Young people are absent from the church. That is a broad enough statement that it is both true and untrue. It is true insofar as statistics show a decline (Barna Group estimates that only 9% of Gen Z is engaged in church). But it is untrue that young people are not interested in the church…
May 18, 2022
Midweek Update – May 11, 2022 – Forgiven
This Sunday our focus will be Peacemaking. The word is a verb as opposed to the word peace which is a noun. Peace is what we might experience as a result of the hard work of peacemaking (and it is hard work). In preparation for this Sunday, I have been reading a book by Donald…
May 11, 2022
Midweek Update – May 4, 2022 – Coming Attractions
In some Christian denominations the pastor’s hands are tied in terms of the passages she or he will preach on. For example, the Episcopalian Church and the Roman Catholic Church are required to follow the lectionary, which is a three-year cycle of Bible passages arranged by a large inter-denominational group. Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Methodists also…
May 4, 2022
Midweek Update – Apr 27, 2022 – Earth Day
What a blessing it is to live in Santa Barbara! One might expect that after living here for decades, as many of you have, the beauty of this place would fade into the background. But that does not seem to be the case. People express their gratitude for the gifts of this place in words…
April 27, 2022