Community

What is a church anyway? (part II) Do you remember the days when kids ran around the church campus on Sunday morning? How about when the sanctuary was so full that a second service had to be started? Or when the choir lined up along the side of the chancel, bright and colorful in their…

True vs. False Gratitude Checking the morning papers or your news feed isn’t always the best way to start the day. While it is important to be engaged in the world and live our faith out as active members of society, we sometimes need to come up for air. The troubles of the world are…

"‘If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.’" Luke 6:32-33 My husband had surgery last week (everything went well…

“Immediately the father of the child cried out, ‘I believe; help my unbelief!’ Mark 9:24 Letting Go and Letting God At our January Session meeting, I asked who would be rotating off Session at the end of 2022. Three stalwart elders raised their hands. Suddenly, I wished I hadn’t asked. I wasn’t quite prepared to…

“‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.’” Matthew 5:4 A friend in times of grief This past week, three St. Andrew’s families lost loved ones suddenly and unexpectedly. Whenever a friend or even an acquaintance experiences such a loss most people instinctively want to comfort them—they deliver food or send cards or…