When the church ordained me to the ministry, the presiding officer said “Take thou, Paul, authority to execute the office of minister of the Word;

Pay attention to the things that take you out of and beyond your everyday living. They are a jolt to the system, perhaps a moment

“There’s never a call away from something without a call to something else.” I’ve heard variations on this theme throughout my years of ministry. I’m

I met Mr. M when he was in intensive care. His niece had asked for prayer for him one Sunday and I figured that since

I have been re-reading Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead slowly, paying attention to individual sentences, noting the wisdom and beauty of so many of them, how seemingly

In church Sunday one of my pastors prayed for this election day in America.  A main thing he prayed for was something that once upon

God is love. A truer statement was never spoken, but it necessarily begs the age old question “what is love?” The church is called to

During the summer of 2022 the consistory (governing board) of the congregation I serve granted me a 12-week sabbath. This was not intended as a