by cbaker | Dec 17, 2025 | Between Sundays, Pastor's Pondering
Between Sundays – Love Comes Anyway This season is filled with lights, music, gatherings, and traditions that invite cheer. And still, many of us are carrying more than joy right now. Over this past year, and especially in recent weeks, we have witnessed...
by cbaker | Dec 2, 2025 | Between Sundays, Pastor's Pondering
Welcoming Advent and a Shepherd Named “Bill” Friends, What a joy it was to step into the first week of Advent together. Lighting the candle of Hope always brings a sense of calm and possibility. It reminds us that God’s light often begins in small ways, a...
by cbaker | Jul 29, 2025 | Between Sundays, Pastor's Pondering
Between Sundays: From the Heart This past Sunday was one of those beautiful mornings when the Spirit moved gently but powerfully among us. From the return of our youth mission team to the joyful noise of worship and the honest prayers we lifted together, it was...
by cbaker | Jun 10, 2025 | Pastor's Pondering
Back in the fall of 2016, I found I had some thoughts that might be of interest to the broader congregation. It might be something I came across in my reading, a peek behind the scenes in the life of the congregation, or something that I didn’t make its way into the...
by cbaker | Jun 4, 2025 | Pastor's Pondering
Welcoming your new pastor in genuine and effective ways lays the groundwork for a healthy and vital relationship to form and for stable, long-term ministries develop. Here are 10 practical things you can do without much trouble. I’ll bet you can think of even more...
by cbaker | May 27, 2025 | Pastor's Pondering
Earlier this year, the Reconciling Ministry Team at Cavalry UMC circulated a survey and gathered responses on two matters related to our ministry with LGBTQI persons. One of the matters had to do with the possible creation of a policy regarding the use of the church...
