Pastor’s Ponderings

The Pastor Pondering will enjoy the Christmas holiday and return in the New Year.

Christmas time is full of stories. Remember the time that we piled into the station wagon and drove to Grandma and grandpa’s house in the snowstorm? How about that time when Dad picked out the Christmas tree that wouldn’t fit in the living room? Remember the time when...

  Last month a group from the church met to discuss ways that we could promote caring for God’s creation. We decided to share a list of practical things that can be done that can make a difference. Here are things that individuals and groups can do. Consider...

Here is a blessing that I came across in my reading. May it speak to us in these turbulent and challenging times. Happy thanksgiving.   -Pastor Steve   May God bless you. granting you discomfort when confronted with easy answers, half-truth and superficial...

Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds. - Phil 4:6-7 The sense that there will...

Pastor Pondering – Nov 7 Things are busy at Calvary UMC right now. On Monday afternoon, a crew from the organ manufacturer arrived with several vehicles and began unloading the structure and various pieces of the new organ. This is the first of three phases for...

We have seen far too many deaths from gun violence. All of us should be upset, outraged, angry especially as followers of Jesus Christ. As a society, we have been successful at making automobiles safer to drive, water safer to drink, and developed medications that can...

Faith grows as we read and study the Bible. Christian have long held that reading and studying the Bible can bring us into a vital relationship with God. The Bible offers us insights into God’s character and the ways in which God calls us to be in a relationship. The...

I was planning to write about another of the pathways of discipleship that we are looking at this month, but there is much more pressing news that is on our hearts right now.   The vicious attack in Israel carried out by Hamas on October 8 resulted in hundreds of...