From a Pastor's Point of View

God’s presence

  • And Let Us Not Forget the Memorial

    I am writing this about 36,000 feet in the air.  We are on our way back home and I have been thinking about the last 72 hours.  One of the many things that we did while we were in Manhattan… Continue reading

  • An Incredible Evening

    Tonight was one of those evenings that you wish never had to end.  The family and I were taken in a chauffeured limousine to the Ambassador Theater in NYC to watch the musical Chicago.  We were taken on a very… Continue reading

  • An Oldie and a Goodie

    Tonight my son and I went to see the musical “Les Miserables.”  It was wonderful to see and hear the music making while visiting New York.  To say the show is amazing is an understatement.  The man playing the role… Continue reading

  • A Brand New Favorite

    Tonight my wife, my oldest son, and I went to see the musical If/Then. To say it was incredibly amazing is an understatement. Very rarely does a musical delve as deeply into the human situation as this show did. I… Continue reading

  • We Are Here!

    Today I thank God for a very uneventful plane ride to New York City. I realized very quickly that, while I enjoy visiting Manhattan, my heart is really in New Mexico. I need the big open spaces that New York… Continue reading

  • The Crazy Space of Transition

    I am scurrying around trying to make sure that everything is done in preparation for tomorrow’s odyssey.  We leave from Albuquerque and flight through Houston, Atlanta, and then finally New York.  While I have my foot still here, I have… Continue reading

  • A Different Kind of Monday

    Monday is the strangest day of the week for me.  I kind of suffer a little let down after building up to wonderful services on Sunday.  I usually begin the ritual of closing the chapter of one celebration to look… Continue reading

  • We Know What We Know

    First of all, I have to say that I am a very grateful pastor as I have learned how loving and caring my congregation truly is.  We have been inundated by prayers, food, and words of hope and inspiration to… Continue reading

  • Preserve Our Memories Well

    Recently I was visiting with a wonderful man who served in the military during World War II.  He told me some amazing stories of love, sadness and deliverance.  I finished my conversation with him expressing a feeling of gratitude for… Continue reading

  • Seek the Lord

    “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near” (Isa. 55:6 NRSV). The Shakespearean Tragedy “Hamlet” is an incredible search for personal acceptance and an incredible search into the human spirit to discover the… Continue reading