Pastor's Corner

Dear Hope Family, I can only imagine how the pastoral letter landed in your head and heart when we released it on Friday of last week, and I wonder if the space of seven days has provided any [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 20th, 2017

Dear Friends, Following the devastating events of the past few weeks, many of us have felt the crippling weight of grief, as well as a frustrating sense of powerlessness. We see hurt, suffering, [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 13th, 2017

Dear Hope Family, What an imponderable season we have been enduring - pinballing from natural disasters to yet another senseless, evil massacre to political rancor to injustice seen and unseen! We [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 6th, 2017

Dear Hope Family, Our reflection last Sunday about coming into God’s presence with singing took us into thick and thorny issues. We had to confront our pet preferences and our commitment to our [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 29th, 2017

Dear Hope Family, One of the defining and enduring marks of the Church from the very outset has been our singing. In 112 A.D. Pliny, a Roman government official, was sent by the Emperor Trajan to [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 22nd, 2017

Dear Hope Family, What a joy it was to serve shoulder-to-shoulder last Sunday after church as we filled “flood buckets” with much needed cleaning supplies to aid in the recovery from Hurricane [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 15th, 2017

Dear Hope Family, I am looking forward to Sunday with great anticipation. The start of Christian Education classes for all ages, the first Discovering Hope class for a host of folks who are [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 8th, 2017

Dear Hope Family, Like so many of you I have been overwhelmed this week with the reports, pictures, and videos of the devastating floods spawned by Hurricane Harvey. Moreover, I have been deeply [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 1st, 2017

Dear Hope Family, We are coming down to the final two weeks of our summer sermon series on the Seven Deadly Sins, and we have a bit of a hill to climb before we are finished. The last of the vices [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: August 25th, 2017

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