16 Feb

From the Pastor’s Desk..Entering Lent

Dear Friends, Thank you for a wonderful congregational meeting on Sunday.  It was a treat to hear your voices and see your faces.  Thank you for taking care of Calvary’s essential business.  You have demonstrated yet again that even a global pandemic cannot stop us from...

09 Feb

An Invitation to Lent

Dear Friends, I have hit the “Covid-19 wall,” and as it turns out, I am not alone.  Last week, a clergy friend directed me to an online article that described how adrenaline has helped us push through the first several months of this pandemic.  But human...

26 Jan

God, Chocolate, and the Heart

Dear Friends,  I have been vindicated!  Imagine my delight when I randomly opened a magazine last week to discover this headline:  “57 Percent:  That’s how much less likely you are to develop heart disease if you eat chocolate 5+ times a week.”  I knew it!!  The health...

06 Jan

Transitions, Transitions

Dear Friends, Without a doubt, this is not the blog I had intended to compose to kick-start 2021.  Marcelo’s unexpected death yesterday has left a gaping hole, and it will take time for me to come to terms with it, both personally and from the perspective...

14 Dec

From the Pastor’s Desk (or Car?!)

Dear Friends, As you read this, I am likely somewhere on Interstate 81 or 40, heading down through Virginia and across Tennessee on my way to spend a couple of weeks in Arkansas with my mother.  Like so many people around the country, she has spent...

08 Dec

Grateful for Joy to the World!

Dear Friends, Joy to the world, the Lord is come!   Boy, am I grateful for this truth this year!  I mean, we say it—and sing it—every Advent, but in this most crazy of years, 2020 has led me to a deeper understanding and appreciation of just how...

01 Dec

Happy Advent!

Happy Advent, Friends! I can hardly believe it, but the calendar has turned, and it is December. Though I am still eating the last of the turkey and dressing leftovers, I have also joined throngs (translation: tens of millions!) of people doing online Christmas shopping. In...

24 Nov

God’s Lavish Love

Dear Friends, Thanksgiving week is here and for many of us, it will be quite a different holiday than in years past.  Like everything else in our lives, the novel coronavirus has upended our normal traditions and routines.  If you are feeling a sense of loss...

17 Nov

Blessings Abound

Dear Friends, Without a doubt, there are myriad ways people will describe 2020 once it is finally in our rearview mirror.  For me, it is already clear that I will remember it as a year for learning new things, and on Sunday, we will have yet...