Well today is the third day after Easter and we are now in the Easter Season. We’ve come through Holy Week as we walked the path which Jesus walked from the glorious entrance into Jerusalem where women, men and children laid their cloaks and the palm branches upon the path which that donkey colt carried Jesus upon. Then we followed him to the upper room where he broke bread with his disciples one last time, Mary washed his feet, and Judas Iscariot let to betray Jesus to the

I had the good or ill fortune, depending on your opinion and perspective, of growing up in a family which attended church every week. My family of origin is very religious and thus I grew up attending every service which my home church offered. During Holy Week we would attend the Good Friday service, the Sunrise Service and Easter Service on Easter Sunday. I am not a morning person, but one of my favorite childhood memories was waking up early on Easter Sunday, seeing the

This Sunday the Christian Church in much of the Western Hemisphere will celebrate Palm Sunday. You might be wondering why in the world it’s called “Palm Sunday?” You might also be wondering why in the world palm branches are used in the worship service. Wisconsin doesn’t exactly have a great deal of palm branches. The answer to this question is found in the Bible story which goes along with Palm Sunday. Starting this Sunday through the following Easter Sunday are the eigh

The answer to the question posed in the title of this blog is: absolutely not! As the Church of Jesus Christ we human beings have and continue to make many, many mistakes. As a member of this global Church of Jesus Christ, the Presbyterian Church USA, the John Knox Presbytery, and the pastor of Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin I have to humbly admit that I and we have often made mistakes. The most common critique I hear people give regarding churche

Yesterday was Super Tuesday. That day which historically has given us a very good idea who will be getting the nomination in our two major political parties in the U.S. While things are not set in stone we can look at the results from yesterday and have a good idea who our two major candidates will be. An important principal in our country is the freedom of religion. When our country was being founded there were still many countries in Europe who had state controlled churc