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Pastor’s Corner – April 15, 2025

Death and Taxes I would rather do windows. Or dig ditches. Or eat dirt. Than to do my taxes. But it comes round every year on April 15, whether we like it or not. What […]

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Pastors Corner – April 9, 2025

The Donkey Whisperer This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the day on which we remember Jesus’ final entry into Jerusalem.  Luke tells us that he chose to ride into town on “a colt that has never […]

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Pastors Corner – August 7, 2024

We live in a culture that is obsessed with appearances.  The pressure to project an attractive image that measures up to celebrity standards can be especially oppressive to today’s youth. Is the measure of a […]

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Pastors Corner – July 31, 2024

First Things First We all do it.  We “sweat the small stuff.”  We “major in minors.” We get our priorities upside down.  And thus the most important things in life which deserve our attention get pushed […]

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Pastors Corner – June 2022

One Remarkable Birthday Gift As I sit here on the week of Pentecost, the birthday of Christ’s Universal Church, I think of the great gifts that God gave us that day.  When we read the […]

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Pastors Corner – May 2022

“When the Lord changed Zion’s circumstances for the better, it was like we had been dreaming. Our mouths were suddenly filled with laughter; our tongues were filled with joyful shouts. It was even said, at […]

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Pastors Corner – April 2022

I remember as a child travelling through the piney woods of Arkansas from Texas to Mississippi to see my dad’s family.  I would get tired and fall asleep. At the time I thought the trees […]

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Pastors Corner – March 2022

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.” -2 Timothy 1:7 One summer when I was a little girl my mom took to take swimming […]

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Pastors Corner – February 2022

February is the month that so many consider the “month of love.”  Since December many store shelves have been filled with heart shaped boxes of chocolate, teddy bears and Valentines Day cards.  Valentines is a […]

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Pastors Corner – January 2022

“Happy New Year!” These are the words that are shouted each year as the ball drops in New York and the Fleur De Lis Falls in our own Jackson Square. “Happy New Year!” For decades […]

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Pastors Corner – November 2021

“Give thanks in every situation because this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” -1st Thessalonians 5:18 Can you believe it is almost November—the beginning of the Holiday Season? I don’t know what your […]