Pastor Jeff’s Blog

by Jeff Marian Last Sunday morning someone asked me what I was going to do in retirement. I responded that I was going to be coaching. He looked at me […]

by Pastor Jeff Marian Here’s a brief update on what’s happening with our leadership transition process: On Wednesday, October 19 our Call Committee met with Bishop Patricia Lull for an […]

By Pastor Jeff Marian With Pastor Sandy retiring at the end of this calendar year, how will her position be filled? Great question! One of the greatest gifts we can […]

by Jeff Marian I want to talk about one of the many contradictions found in scripture related to how we navigate entrusting ourselves to God’s care AND protecting ourselves when […]

…but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the […]

Though he was God, Christ did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges, he took the humble position of […]

You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. – James 1:19 A couple of weeks ago I was out with a friend. We […]

Your attitude should be the kind that was shown us by Jesus Christ, who, though he was God, did not demand and cling to his rights as God, but laid […]

So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. – Genesis 1:27 At the first modern […]

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said. – Matthew 4:19 Jesus never said, “Be like me.” Being transformed into the likeness of Jesus is the work of the Holy Spirit. If you’ve […]