The Messenger – February 2015
PJ’s Page – Last month I attended the Byberg Preaching Conference in Cannon Beach, OR. This annual conference for ELCA pastors in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Oregon is always a treat – bringing in fine preaching instructors, thoughtful Bible Study leaders, and creative, faithful worship planners and leaders. It is funded largely from a grant from the…
The Messenger – January 2015
PJ’s Page – I’m writing this beneath our Christmas tree on December 26th, technically the second day of Christmas (are you humming the song in your head yet?) Already newscasts are telling us how to recycle our Christmas trees. It’s DECEMBER 26th! We have ten days left in the Christmas season! Already the radio stations who were playing carols 24 hours a day have…
The Messenger – December 2014
PJ’s Page – As I write this, Thanksgiving is a week away, but the holiday lights at my neighborhood grocery store and shopping complex were shining for the first time tonight. I must confess that I felt a shiver of excitement when I saw them illuminated! In a week and a half it will be here….. ADVENT! Of course, nothing in our culture is heralding the arrival of…