Pastor Cheryl’s Blog

Divine Staircases – March 12, 2024

The Lenten season gives us an opportunity to contemplate repentance. While considering repentance, we often concentrate on the things that we can give up, helping us avoid temptation and to make us more holy. That is why people talk about “giving something up for Lent.” But today, I would like talk to you about the […]


Hanging on to What God Gives You – March 5, 2024

Have you counted your blessings lately? I know that sounds a bit corny, but it is often easy to remember our disappointments more than our blessings. Listen to Pastor Cheryl’s talk on the power of remembering our blessings so we can hang on to what God has given us.


How’s your fruit inspection? – February 27, 2024

One of the tasks of lent is to inspect ourselves so we can offer up our sins and shortcomings to Christ. This is an excellent time of the year to ask yourself, “What kind of fruit am I bearing?” Another more important question might be, “Am I good fruit inspector?” Listen to Pastor Cheryl’s talk […]


God’s Love and Romantic Love – February 13, 2024

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday. So, what do Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day have to do with each other? Well, both holidays deal with the subject of love and the attributes of God’s love are similar to the attributes of romantic love. Listen to Pastor Cheryl’s talk on Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day.


The beginning of Lent – February 8, 2024

We are beginning our Lenten Season starting this Transfiguration Sunday. Lenten season has always been fraught and complex season for protestants. We don’t want people to punish themselves for their sin, we understand that Christ made that payment two thousand years ago. We cling to Christ’s grace for our salvation, but we want to take […]


John Wycliffe, A Man Who Served God! – January 23, 2024

Have you ever shared something spiritual with a Christian friend and their response was, “That sounds really good, but do you have a chapter and verse to base that teaching on?” As protestant Christians we base our Christian walk on the bible. We can thank John Wycliffe for that high view of scripture. In 1378 […]


God our Hiding Place – January 17, 2024

What does the psalmist mean when he says that God is our hiding place in Psalm 32:7? Does it mean that Christians are escapist running from the reality of this world? Actually, the psalmist is talking about what it means to trust God in our world. Listen to Pastor Cheryl talk about God being our […]


Epiphany – January 2, 2024

Christianity has three celebrations for the Christmas season. In the first celebration, we prepare ourselves for the coming of Christ in our lives, we call this celebration Advent. In the second celebration, we celebrate Christ’s presence in our lives and we call this celebration Christmas. In the third celebration, we ponder how Christ’s presence spreads […]


The 4th Lesson of Advent, the Lesson of Joy – December 19, 2023

So, we are here!! The fourth lesson of advent, the lesson of Joy. Joy was felt by Mary at the annunciation, by shepherds after they left the Christ-child and by the wisemen when they realized the significance of the star. While “Joy” is written in big gold letters in shopping malls, many people don’t feel […]