Associate Pastor

Dear friends, It’s hard to believe that I have already been at Edwards Church for over a month as Consulting Associate Pastor.  It has been a blessing to worship with you on Sundays and to be with the children/youth.  Sometimes things don’t go as planned and I have definitely forgotten a couple of things as […]

Dear friends, I am so excited to spend these next few months with all of you at Edwards Church. I have been connected with Edwards for several years through my internship with Open Spirit, as a fill-in Church Admin last summer, and as an active member of Open Spirit. My calling into ministry was fed […]

“And now I know that none of you, among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom, will ever see my face again.” Acts of the Apostles 20:25   Beloved, I’ve been so touched by your kind words and gestures since I announced my retirement several months ago. I’m profoundly grateful to each and every […]

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. – 2 Corinthians 4:7 Dear friends, This summer our Christian Explorers are going to spend some time with two superheroes from the Bible – Miriam and Lydia. […]

Dear friends, This ancient priestly blessing from the Hebrew Bible is so familiar, so often used as a benediction to our worship services and a way of going forth after a meaningful time of praise and prayer together on a Sunday morning. It captures our greatest hopes for one another as we come to a […]

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. […]

“Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart. You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.” 1 Peter 1:22-23   Dear friends, I heard […]

And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as God has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 1 Corinthians 15:37-38 Dear friends, I have noticed something […]

“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted…” Luke 4:1 Dear friends, On Wednesday, February 14, we’ll celebrate Ash Wednesday as we enter the 40-day season of Lent. Hopefully, spring will follow quickly thereafter! In the Christian […]

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of God has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but God will arise upon you, and God’s glory will appear over you. Isaiah 60:1-2   Dear friends, Welcome to the season of Epiphany! The visit of the Magi invites us […]