Pastor’s Notes

We move into the second week of Lent. And, if you are off to a good start, bravo! Like his apostles, the Teacher has much to tell you on the mountaintop.  If you have yet to begin the climb, you can play catch-up. Jesus…

Pastor’s Notes

Remember the tune of this summer hit from Bobby McFerrin’s 1988 Album Simple Pleasures?  The weekend’s gospel says something like it, “do not worry about your life.” Much of the rest of St. Matthew’s text is concerned with the issue of anxiety or undue…

Pastor’s Note

Numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau earlier this month confirm what many have known for a long time: The gap between the rich and the poor in this country (and globally) is growing ever wider. There is rage as people realize the deck…