Author: pastordan

GOP Threatens Church?

Okay, that’s about as alarmist as I’m willing to get, especially on short notice. Still, this article caught my attention: A minister said she was shaken by a call from a state Republican Party staffer who challenged...

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Update from Rockridge

a.k.a. “cyberspace”–and don’t think I wouldn’t be in the mountains right now if I had the choice. I’m not going to go for much coherence tonight. Instead, I just want to let you know that...

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Sons and Daughters…

God of grace and love, we pray for your richest blessing upon all mothers: Loving God, we thank you that Jesus enjoyed a mother’s love and grew up within a family. Thanks be to God! We thank you for the homes where we were...

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The Word For the Week

Acts 1:6-14 Hail Mary, full of grace… In one of those not-quite coincidences of the lectionary, today’s reading from the history of the church mentions Mary’s presence among the disciples, along with...

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On Rumbling With Cookies

It’s been a long week. Seems like every time I turn around, some fool or another is getting into a new form of trouble, and dragging the good Lord’s name down into the mud with him. First it’s the Nuclear...

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