#PastorMessages

Come to me all you who are weary and I will give you rest.Matthew 11:28 As I write this Pastoral Ponderings for July and August,

Let the children come to meMatthew 19:14 As we come into Spring and early Summer, I am filled with joy over the many ways the

Please enjoy this writing by Pope Francis written while in the hospital.[Note: after the publication of the Hilltop Echoes, it was discovered Pope Francis did

…the house was filled with fragrant perfume John 12:3 This scripture segment from John’s gospel is part of the larger story of Mary anointing Jesus’

…in your book was written every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.Psalm 139:16

“Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” Matthew 11:28 I need to witness miracles today—a river turned

Do not say, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.Ecclesiastes 7:10 When we learn not

Dark of winter, soft and still, your quiet calm surrounds me.Let my thoughts go where they will; ease my mind profoundly.And then my soul will

Generous- (adjective) showing a readiness to give more of something, as money or time, than is strictly necessary or expected. (Websters Dictionary) “Give, and it

Then God said, Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the