Sep 7, 2025 | Church News, Pastoral Care
The causes of spiritual malaise can be varied and complex, but a good starting place is to discern whether they come from a lack of fulfillment or—to play with words a bit—“fillment.” While the Christian life is one of service, we can suffer when our basic human needs...
Sep 1, 2025 | Church News, Pastoral Care
Have you noticed that the standard-issue advice people tend to give to grieving people is the same advice they give to adolescents? We say: “It gets better.” With apologies to everyone who ever said that with good intentions, I keep that kind of advice in my...
Aug 3, 2025 | Church News, Pastoral Care
Ok, Class, here’s your assignment… No grumbling! Put your hands down, spit out your gum and stop talking! I haven’t even told you what it is yet! Your assignment this week is to make someone smile. Mean-spirited smiles at someone else’s expense will be given an F....
Jun 22, 2025 | Church News, Pastoral Care
Did you know scientists found anti-cancer agents in Periwinkle flowers and soil microbes, or that our first anti-retroviral treatment for HIV came from a sea sponge? Believing that God is a good God who cares about us carries the strong implication that everything we...
Jun 22, 2025 | Church News, Pastoral Care
Are you tired? “All cared out”? As summer arrives, I imagine many of us are! Compassion fatigue is a term often associated with donor loss in the non-profit fundraising sector. It can be a problem for the church when we think of the church as “just another tax break”...
Jun 8, 2025 | Church News, Engaged Aging, Pastoral Care
After a long search process and several interviews with very talented candidates, we are pleased to announce the hiring of our new Ministry Assistant for Pastoral Care and Engaged Aging. Jalyn will begin onboarding in June and, with the exception of some previously...
