Posts Categorized: Pastor’s Ponderings

The Spirit Intercedes for us, When we do not know What to pray. So what better time than now Not to know? What better time than now To pray? What better time than now For the Spirit to intercede? What better time than now To change the world? George R Pasley June 03, 2020 Martin,… Read more

“Where have all the flowers gone?  When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?” -Pete Seeger We may never learn, though the seas rise The rivers flood, the gardens perish And the bees disappear, we may never learn. Though the stones we throw hurt more and more, Though the hospitals overflow Though parents weep… Read more

Maybe, I should have one garden bed That I let go to jungle ( I’m not saying I don’t). One that becomes lush and dark With whatever God grows there While I slumber through the night. One whose secrets are not revealed Until at the first hard frost of autumn, One whose mysteries I will… Read more

O gracious and wonderful God, We are thankful for a LOT! We are thankful for everything we have learned our whole life long, And for everyone who taught us. AND We are grateful that we are still learning, still growing, and still loving each and every day. We are grateful Lord, for every time we… Read more

Because the Journey is long, We need friends. Because friendship is hard work, We need time alone. Because friendship is an art, We need practice. Because life is hard, We need each other. Because one is weak, Another is strong. Because one is suffering, Another chooses to suffer with. Because one has lost the knowledge… Read more

Be happy when you can, And perhaps more than that. Be brave when you must, And certainly even more. Be kind. For God’s sake, be kind. But do not tolerate cruelty, Nor pettiness, Nor greed. Be not afraid to mourn, Nor to speak out, Nor to seek love. Be ready to laugh at yourself, To… Read more

We walk, we live, we sleep In the valley of the shadow of death, Even when our skies are blue Like the eggs in a robin’s nest. And yet on this grey and somber day, And others that have swallowed light, We also walk, and live, and sleep In a valley where dogwood bloom, Where… Read more

Our prayer- The thing our faith hopes of our character- Is that Easter can prove to be with us As Christmas did at Whoville. We yearn to prove That Easter will be Easter, Perhaps version 2.0, Without the lilies, Without the sunrise over the lake, Without the trumpet, Without the choir- More like, the one… Read more

AN ANNOINTING “Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.” -John 12:3 Who knows where she found the nard, Let alone the money to pay for it. And… Read more

There is now An abiding sense of sorrow, Faint like the dark pre-dawn, In which we mourn Because we will soon lose Someone whose name We do not yet know. This grief will not be shaken- Yet, let us turn not to fear. Let us turn instead to love. Love all that you know Or… Read more