by cbaker | Sep 21, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
While clearing out some space in my garage a while back, I came across a box of books that included a title I read back in seminary, Moral Man and Immoral Society, by Reinhold Niebuhr. Although this book was written ninety years ago, it seems to speak of something...
by cbaker | Sep 14, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
One of the most delightful things to watch on television lately has been Ted Lasso. It’s a show on Apple Plus TV so it does require a subscription to watch (ugh), but it is a delightful, positive and enjoyable show about an American Football coach that ends up...
by cbaker | Sep 1, 2021 | Newsletters
September Newsletter 2021
by cbaker | Aug 31, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
Diana Butler Bass she writes a daily blog called “The Cottage”. On July 8, she wrote about and about some remarkable findings that came out of a study completed by Public Religion Research Institute called The American Religious Landscape in 2020. The study shows that...
by cbaker | Aug 26, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole. Let inward love guide every deed; by this we worship, and are freed. UMH #408, st. 3 1 Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have...
by cbaker | Aug 24, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
For at least for the last six summers, Calvary Church has had one worship service at 10:00 AM for the summer months and then two services for the remainder of the year. With the challenges of returning to in-person worship services during a pandemic, it made sense for...
by cbaker | Aug 18, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING We come to still our restless hearts and minds. We come to realign our thoughts and passions with your will. Be with us, Lord, as we meditate on your holy word. Romans 15: 1-13 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak...
by cbaker | Aug 11, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional, Updates
INVOCATION and READING Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best Thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. (UMH #451 st.1) John 12: 44-46 44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever...
by cbaker | Aug 10, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
SELF- CONTROL In his letter to the Galatians, the apostle Paul writes, “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control.” (5:22) The last of these qualities is SELF-CONTROL....
by cbaker | Aug 4, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READINGS Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty; Hold me with thy powerful hand: Bread of heaven, bread of heaven Feed me till I want no more. Feed me till I want no more. UMH #127, st.1 ...
