First, let me start by requesting that you take a moment of silence, wherever you are, to reflect on 9/11 and what has happened to our...

This week’s scripture (James 2:1-17) should be challenging to every one of us. At first glance, this looks like a 2000 year old Occupy...

Let me start with a big—THANK YOU! As most of you know, I was gone for the last month on paternity leave, and it was such incredibly...

This Sunday, we will be blessed to hear from Scott MacLennan about what is happening on the ground in Nepal, and why the work we have...

In case you have been living under a rock, let me remind you that this weekend is Independence Day. We will be singing some patriotic...

BUSY! BUSY! BUSY! Isn’t this supposed to be summer? And yet, we have more going on than ever at Covenant! Perhaps most importantly, we...

I have to tell you all about an amazing experience that Bob Mennonna and I had this week, but first, some background… While we were doing...

This week we are repeating the same scripture passage as last week. You may remember that last week we focused on the Trinitarian...

Sunday’s scripture passage is wonderful! In fact, as I have tried to prepare worship this Sunday, I basically came up with 3 different...

The strangest things can get a pastor excited. I had so much fun yesterday with our two bible study groups as we talked about the...

Mother’s day can be a tricky Sunday in the life of the church. The way that we have handled it over the last 3-4 years has been to...

First, let me start with a word of gratitude to you. Last week was the best week of continuing education that I have experienced in my...

I am trying not to steal Debi’s Thunder, so I will address part of the scripture this week that I am fairly certain she won’t touch. The...

I was a little taken aback this week as I went to choose hymns for Easter Sunday and came to discover that the national church’s hymnal...

I wanted to spend some time talking about Dialectical theology today—I know sounds terrifying, but just stay with me for a minute. Around...

I am not a terribly big fan of Deepak Chopra, but I think the quote of his that we are using as the opening meditation for the bulletin...

This week’s challenge for leaving it at the table, may be one of the more difficult for many of us—VENGEANCE. How many of us have...

Dear Covenant Kin, Many of my reflections have centered around how we understand scripture, and there are a couple of reasons for this....

There is a concept in Christianity that we have to be very careful with—the soul. Here is why we have to be careful: emphasize it too...

These last weeks have been filled with some pretty despicable acts of terror, the world over. Be it Boko Haram in Nigeria, or ISIS in...