by cbaker | Nov 18, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
Last Sunday in our worship services, I used a prayer by William Sloan Coffin, the chaplain of Yale University and pastor of Riverside Church in New York in the 1980’s. The prayer is entitled, “A Prayer for the Church in These Times.” Even though the prayer was written...
by cbaker | Nov 10, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
Wednesday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. This holiday began as “Armistice Day” the day in which WWI was ended. Now we celebrate the peace that came after that that war, but all those who have served in the military to protect and defend this nation. A Prayer...
by cbaker | Nov 4, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
It’s been a challenging time for all of us. We are weary with the pandemic and the restrictions imposed on us and there doesn’t seem to be any quick end in sight. On Sunday, we remembered the lives of those in our congregation and friends and family who have died this...
by cbaker | Oct 27, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
Earlier this month, I spent a couple of days in the George Washington National Forest in Virginia. I took in the fall colors and spent two nights in the woods snuggled in a cocoon of my sleeping bag. I followed a trail that looped into the wilderness and went up and...
by cbaker | Oct 20, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
The four windows on the pulpit/organ side along on the side aisle in the sanctuary are scenes from parables that Jesus told. The fourth window portrays the parable of the Good Samaritan, Luke 10:25-37. This window shows the man who fell among thieves and was left for...
by cbaker | Oct 13, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
Luke 16:19-31 The third window on the pulpit side of the church illustrates the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. This is one of three parables found in the Gospel of Luke that has to do with “a rich man” who is out of touch with the needs of ordinary people (Luke...
