June 2021

Pastoral Reflection, Pentecost Week Four, A Second Summer of Pandemic Living, June 18, 2021

Joy and pain.  They come together sometimes.  And this is one of those times.  As I write this, we are exactly between two important days. The first is the memory of a painful day.  On June 17, 2015 people attending a bible study at their church, Emanuel AME, welcomed a newcomer to their study.  The

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A Pastoral Reflection, Pentecost Week Three, A Second Summer of Pandemic Living — June 11, 2021

This is a busy weekend for us in our little corner of Christ’s realm. We’re receiving some new members, and we will celebrate with three young adults affirming their baptismal faith at Center Church on Lopez Island. Also, our conversation about how to resume worship in all our church buildings is just starting.  It’s a

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Pastoral Reflection, Pentecost Week Two, A Second Summer of Pandemic Living — June 4, 2021

I know in the title above I say we’re in our “second summer” of pandemic life even though technically it won’t be summer for another sixteen days.  But I’m betting that you will give me some grace and let it slide.  Because doesn’t it feel that we’re waaaay into summer already with the hordes of

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