Our gratitude tree is beginning to fill with leaves! As stewardship pledges arrive, colorful expressions of thanksgiving are appearing on the bulletin board, reminding us of the many gifts that nourish our life together. Thank you to everyone who picked up a stewardship packet on Sunday. You saved us quite a bit of postage! The […]
My office table is especially crowded this week. Boxes of narrative budget booklets, pledge cards, envelopes, and colorful paper leaves are waiting to become this year’s stewardship packets. Our Stewardship Team has spent the past couple of months discerning and planning this season, and I am grateful for the care they have brought to it. […]
This weekend, I am looking forward to returning to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. The five-day festival features internationally renowned acoustic musicians: bluegrass pickers, Gaelic fiddlers, Western swing bands, and old-time gospel performers. Four stages at the Winfield fairgrounds are packed with music from morning until late into the night. But the music […]
Twenty-five years later, I still remember September 11, 2001, vividly. That morning, we were picking up a rental car in Chicago to drive to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. We were excited to see old friends and hear some great bluegrass music. When we arrived at the rental office, someone told us that […]
It is hard to believe that I have already been serving as your pastor for a year. It seems like only a month ago that I stood before you for my first sermon at Grace and asked, “What is your special sauce?” Over the past year, I think I have begun to discover the recipe. […]
