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Minister’s Message: Becoming stewards of attention

Maybe stewardship is a good way to think about our attention?

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Minister’s Message: Face change with Grace

All of us must deal with change in this ever-changing world. It is inescapable.

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Minister’s Message: Overcoming impossible odds in Ukraine

From the Bible, we know that it is God who fights for us and wins battles

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Minister’s Message: Cleaning house — for the spirit

Winter is a great time to think about the “bushel” of stuff that we have in our lives

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Minister’s Message: Judge with an eye toward oneself

To avoid judgmentalism and hypocrisy, we must look to a standard above our own.

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Minister’s Message: What unites? Being one in Christ

It seems everywhere you look and on every level people are gridlocked

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Minister’s Message: Hope is the remedy to our constant fears

Fear takes any number of guises

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Minister’s Message: What’s in a name?

The Scriptures advise, “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.”

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Minister’s Message: A prayer pulled from the ashes

“In that beleaguered and beautiful land, the prayer endures.”

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Minister’s Message: What if Christ had not been born?

It is now time to look at the work and life of Jesus Christ.

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Minister’s Message: Take time for a Stille Nacht this holiday season

“My English-speaking brain always reads those words ‘Stille nacht’ as ‘Still night.’”

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Minister’s Message: Keep in step

Sometimes it takes going half way around the world to learn how to “keep in step” as I…

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Minister’s Message: ‘Hallowthankmass’ is upon us

One reason to slow down and simply enjoy the holiday time is that the holidays aren’t about getting…

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Minister’s Message: Don’t let termination dust bring you down

If I’m honest, this time of year is the hardest for me mentally and emotionally.

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Minister’s Message: The myth of ‘success’

Take time to consider what really matters.

A worker paints a steeple white at the Kenai United Methodist Church on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Coming into the light of God’

Kenai church debuts blue facade

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Minister’s Message: Taking in the water of the Spirit

Jesus pointed out the well water satisfies thirst for a while, but “whosoever drinks of the water I…

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Minister’s Message: Be slow to speak, slow to anger, quick to listen

More than ever, everyone seems to have an opinion on every subject and to be quite animated that…

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Minister’s Message: A living faith produces Integrity

Most people are tempted at one time or another to compromise their integrity.

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Minister’s Message: From the pits to the pinnacle

Have you ever had one of those “in the pits” days … or weeks … or —?