Pastor's Corner

Dear Hope Family, I am writing to you near the end of my 12 to 2 a.m. shift at the front desk of the Samaritan Inn. Shortly I will wake Ned Erickson up for the next two-hour block. Chuck Long has [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: August 18th, 2017

Dear Hope Family, I am looking forward to being back with you all this Sunday. Our time away has provided some timely refreshment as well as some welcome space to renew vision for the upcoming year [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: August 11th, 2017

Dear Friends, As we reflect on the sin of anger, many of us will admit that we actually enjoy getting "good and angry." But can we be good and angry? Is righteous anger even possible? This week [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: August 4th, 2017

Dear Friends, As I watched the news this week and saw that North Korea continues to threaten the United States with their nuclear arsenal, I was reminded once again of the place of anger in our [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: July 28th, 2017

Dear Hope Family, Last Sunday, the cartoonish depiction of the sluggard in Proverbs 26:13-16 helped us to laugh at ourselves and recognize through comedy the preposterous excuses we often use to [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: July 21st, 2017

Dear Hope Family, Some of the vices leap off the list of the Seven Deadly Sins as immediately recognizable and uncomfortably close to home. But we stumble a bit when it comes to sloth. Does sloth [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: July 14th, 2017

Dear Hope Family, This Sunday we move out of the frying pan and into the fire - from the underlying root sin of pride and into its disastrously ugly and destructive expression in the vice of [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: July 7th, 2017

Dear Hope Family, This week in our worship service we will turn from our general introduction to the Seven Deadly Sins towards addressing each vice in particular, and our first consideration will [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: June 30th, 2017

Dear Hope Family, This Sunday we will start a new sermon series for the summer months: “Summer of Sin: the 7 Deadly Sins”. Commonly referred to as the seven capital or deadly sins, the daunting [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: June 23rd, 2017

Dear Hope Family, Ten years ago, I was installed as the Pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church. At the end of the service, I was asked to share a few words and the Benediction. After saying a few [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: June 16th, 2017