Wednesday Greetings, Mother Teresa once said:"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."May your kind words echo into the lives of others today. Peace in our journeys, Pastor Steve Melde
Wednesday Greetings, What day is it? It's Hump Day! Which really means in a regular M-F workweek, you are about half way through the week. It's a good reminder that you can do it, you can make it through. You've made it this far, you'll make it through...
Wednesday Greetings, Our Easter decorations for our home are packed up and put away! Phew. That's done.How easily we put the holidays behind us.Maybe the best decoration is us... and the way we live. The celebration of God, especially the Resurrection of Jesus, isn't just one...
Wednesday Greetings, "See from his head, his hands, his feet,Sorrow and Love flow mingled down.Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,Or thorns compose so rich a crown?"These words haunt and inspire me all through Holy Week. May they do the same to you. Peace in our journeys, Pastor...
Wednesday Greetings, People love parades. From Tucson's Rodeo parade to the Disney parades daily (and sometimes several times throughout the day), people love parades.Jesus entered Jerusalem in his final week of his earthly life, riding on the donkey, and suddenly it became a...
Wednesday Greetings, Here comes Peter Cottontail.... Really?As Resurrection Sunday approaches, I challenge you to do more than get ready for Peter Cottontail, get ready for Peter the deny-er.Take a look inside yourself and discover how you have sometimes been like those first disciples of...
Wednesday Greetings, 1 Corinthians 4:10"We are fools for the sake of Christ..."The Apostle Paul was humbled to live a life different from what was expected. In his time, people were encouraged to work hard, succeed, and enjoy the fruits of their labors. This was the core of who they...
Wednesday Greetings, Spring!! Besides the onslaught of allergies that make my life extra challenging, Spring is a truly lovely time for me. It's not so cold as winter, it's not so hot as summer. The Mesquite trees bloom in their deep orange. The Palo Verde...
Wednesday Greetings, "Many Hands make light work."Phew. We sure proved that today at the church. Today was "move the furniture out of the pods day." It's exhausting, and I really thought it was going to take all day just to get it out and organized.Three hours into it...
Ash Wednesday Greetings, "Lord Jesus, think on me,And purge away my sin;From earth-born passions set me free,And make me pure within.Lord Jesus, think on me, That, when this life is past,I may the eternal brightness see,And share Thy joy at last."From the Presbyterian Hymnal #...