The Slightly Heretical Musings of a Pastor

Another sermon for Calvary UMC in Frederick . Scripture: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 (NRSV) That same day Jesus went out of the house and s...

This was my first sermon for Calvary United Methodist Church in Frederick, my new appointment where I serve as the associate pastor.  S...

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Another due date. Still no baby. I am not hopeful like I was on our last due date. In fact, we conceived our son a week after my last due ...

My last sermon for Presbury UMC. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, 8-13 (NRSV) If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels,...

You are a child of God. No matter what people think about you. No matter what you think about yourself. You are a child of God, and no one...

This year Presbury UMC worshiped with Lord of Life Church (ELCA) for Good Friday. Scripture: John 19:25b-30 (NRSV) Meanwhile, standing n...

We lost my husband Aaron's mother a day before her fifty-sixth birthday and a week and a day before Aaron's thirtieth birthday. Thi...

The refugee camp in Bijelo Polje, 2004. When I was fifteen, I visited a refugee camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I don't remember muc...

Upper Chesapeake Medical Center has restarted a perinatal bereavement support group. I was the first speaker, and the group ended up being r...