Pastor Sandy’s Blog

by Sandy Rothschiller Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice and Christmas. Have you ever wondered how it came to be that we celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25? It just may be connected to the [...]

By Pastor Sandy Rothschiller When I see someone with tears rolling down their face, I often jump to the conclusion that they are sad. Sometimes I am right. Sometimes I am wrong. Tears are an [...]

As a kid I spent most of my elementary school years in Massachusetts and Connecticut. One of my favorite things to do was to play outside. My friends and I would love to explore. We collected [...]

It is that time of year again when we “spring ahead” with our clocks! The time change in the spring is always difficult for me. I enjoy my sleep and somehow when we move our clocks [...]

By Pastor Sandy Rothschiller This week we will continue the ancient ritual of placing ashes on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday. As I kid, I never went to Ash Wednesday services. I thought Ash [...]

When I was growing up my family took a vacation every summer to Cincinnati to visit relatives.  There were many things I loved about our time with family. There were several annual adventures [...]

With Christmas being only a few days away many of us will be staring at gifts under the tree just waiting to be opened! Everybody loves gifts, but…have you ever a received a gift, but then didn’t [...]

By Pastor Sandy Rothschiller The other day I went to pick up a newspaper. I used my loose change to pay for the paper. The attendant that took the money was so grateful. He said, “I love all this [...]

I attended a wedding on October 2. I had thought long and hard about attending this wedding. I knew the wedding ceremony would take place outside. I knew the cocktail hour was held outside. I [...]

I will never forget when I was invited to a dinner where jambalaya was being served. I did my best to try and hide the fact that I wasn’t going to eat it. Well … I got caught. The host [...]