Pastor’s Pages

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This Is My Week

This is it--our big week in the church. We started yesterday waving palms and celebrating...
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Happiness vs. Joy

I am still thinking about broken hearts. And how common it is to try to...
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A Broken Open Heart

I have a dream of taking my family to a warm, tropical location. It is...
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Jesus Loves Me

We took a family trip last weekend and went to see my in-laws who are...
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Tug of War

One of our youth leaders said recently that our youth are in a tug-of-war with...
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Healing

So even though my mind tells me it was just a game, my heart is...
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Lessons Learned – Vicarious Dissatisfaction

We had fun in worship last Sunday bringing in some Seahawks Super Bowl enthusiasm –...

Yarn for Yarn

I kid you not, this was the first sign our group...
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Weakness

One of my very favorite things about Jesus is how much he loves to be...
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Epiphany

I went to a really fun party on Tuesday. Tuesday was Epiphany [January 6]. That...