The Pastor's Blog

As the Chapel’s fiftieth anniversary approaches, I have enjoyed delving into our church’s history and the primary source of this past information is a book entitled, The Saga of the Chapel in the Pines; Twenty-five Years. If you would like a copy we still have them in Susan’s office to share with you. As I was flipping the pages I noticed the picture of a familiar face, that of Reverend Bob Bundy, my family’s former pastor at Tabernacle United Methodist Church in Robbins. I

As we approach the 250th birthday of our country and as I continue to see more and more bumper stickers touting the power rightly granted to “We the people”, I am wondering just exactly who is included in the “We the people” of our Constitution’s preamble. It seems to me that there is a serious attempt going on to redefine who and what is truly American. But, this is really nothing new. Our nation has always struggled with the battle between those who seek to narrow the de

A Fresh Perspective on Lent Ash Wednesday calls each of us to forty days of self-examination and repentance that is the Season of Lent…a time to receive forgiveness and to be spiritually renewed and restored to God. It is an ancient and widely accepted practice of God’s people, or so I thought. But, Ash Wednesday is not actually a practice that is shared by all Christians around the world. Our Eastern Orthodox Church does not celebrate Ash Wednesday and they don’t obse

The Last Supper; Conversations That Led to the Cross -Will Willimon This year during Lent a group of us, that you are most welcome to join, will be studying Will Willimon’s book, The Last Supper. It is going to be a challenging and enlightening experience as we journey with Jesus on the road to Jerusalem from Palm Sunday to Maundy Thursday and beyond. Along the way we will dig deeply into the stories, parables, and what Willimon calls “riddles” Jesus told as he approached