Blog Posts

  • Following the Light

    Do you know what is harder than backing a camper trailer into its parking spot? Backing a camper trailer into its spot in the dark. Your mirrors are basically useless, and you’re driving blind. The only way I was able to manage getting it into position was by listening to my beloved wife. She was…

  • Loving in Deed and Truth (1 John 3:16-18)

    1 John 3:16-18 “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children,…

  • Rainy Daze… (Matthew 5:16)

    “Rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day.” The first three days of our adventure were rainy. While we loaded: rain. While we drove to our first stop: rain. During the next leg of the trip: rain. Overnight: rain. And yes, God sends the rain in season and out. And yes, God provides rain…

  • Loving the Darkness (John 3:19-21)

    John 3:19-21. “And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so…

  • Sabbatical: Here we come!

    Sabbatical: Here we come!

    This past week, we kicked off the fundraising effort in support of raising funds for my upcoming sabbatical. The following article was published in our church newsletter. This summer, Pastor Dan Bodin will be taking a Pastoral Sabbatical, as approved by the congregation. The policy of our church states that a pastor is eligible to…