by Anne O'Connor | Aug 27, 2012 | Pastor’s Corner
Martin Luther, the father of the Protestant Reformation and the Lutherans, called it an “epistle of straw.” John Wesley, the father of Methodism, disagreed. He found it important. What is “it”? It is the Book of James in the New Testament. The debate centered around...
by Anne O'Connor | Jul 5, 2012 | Pastor’s Corner
I seem to recall a song that said something like “Summertime and the living is easy.” In my experience, most of the time, summer is anything but easy. We not only have our “normal” things to do (earning a living, nurturing relationships, caring for dependents, getting...
by Anne O'Connor | May 24, 2012 | Pastor’s Corner
Last evening, at the Sunday night small group, we began with the question: “Can I get to know Jesus without being involved in church?” When someone asked him this question, the author of our study, James Harnish, answered it this way. “Because I...
by Anne O'Connor | May 1, 2012 | Pastor’s Corner
This morning for part my devotional time I was reading a small book by Charles Riggs, Practicing His Presence. It was part of my homework for the Christian Life and Witness Classes that is being offered in preparation for Franklin Graham coming to Rochester in June....
by Anne O'Connor | Apr 1, 2012 | Pastor’s Corner
It’s March 19 and it seems like May. I’m enjoying the warm weather and all the signs of new life. I can’t help but think that winter isn’t really over, that one morning we’ll wake up and there will be snow covering my daffodils....
