Sunday’s Readings: Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43; Psalms 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Colossians 3:1-4 OR I Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9

……from your Pastor’s Desk – HAPPY EASTER! A Happy Thought on a Happy Feast – Have you ever considered that this is the only time when people, even strangers, give a spiritually based greeting? Merry Christmas is often replaced by ‘Happy Holiday’s’ and ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ has become a secular salutation; but so far ‘Happy Easter’ stands firm in its acknowledgement of what we commemorate. …

Sunday’s Readings: Sirach 27:4-7; Psalms 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16; 1 Corinthians 15:54-58; Luke 6:39-45

……from your Pastor’s Desk – “Where have all the Flowers gone?” – You’ve heard me say that Lent was not my favorite time of the year. I am, by nature, a jovial person. I love to laugh and smile, to joke and jest. So, as a lad in the 1950’s these did not go well with the Season as it was then observed. …

Sunday’s Readings: 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38

……from your Pastor’s Desk – How to Love – I don’t know if you have ever read Richard Carlson’s 1997 book, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff (and it’s all small stuff). It offers advice and exam-ples as to how we can live a loving and a (more) peaceful life. …

Sunday’s Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8; Psalms 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6; 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; Luke 6:17, 20-26

……from your Pastor’s Desk – The Four Beatitudes and the Four Woes. – Huh? Well, we are most familiar with the Eight Beatitudes that we hear in the Gospel of Matthew. But today we have Luke’s version.
Why the difference? Read on. …