Pastor Paul’s Blog

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: “Donkey” as in… this beautiful poem by Mary Oliver about the donkey that Jesus rode into Jerusalem. The story of Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem at the [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: “Thaw” as in… defrost, melt, loosen, warm. The ground is thawing. Sheets of ice are turning to puddles of water. Mountains of snow piled high by snow plows, [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘HELP!” as in… asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It is, ultimately, a sign of humanness. Perhaps you were among the 17.1 million viewers who watched [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘Time’ as in… time flies, but the “time in between times” is never wasted time. The conversation in my small group is exploring what it means to be “fully [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘Listen’ as in… Mother Teresa’s method of praying. Some of us were talking together about the purposes and methods of prayer in worship. Sometimes the prayers [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘Instructions” as in… Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life. In early 2019 the world was diminished ever so slightly by the passing of a bright poetic [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘marked’ as in… I’m a marked man. You’re a marked woman. We’re a marked people. If the central message of the season of Advent (the four week preparation for [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche   Today’s Word: ‘Post-It’ as in… the important note I wrote myself: “Where are you right now? Come back.” My natural tendency is to jump ahead, to think about what’s [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘Candlemas’ as in… the ancient festival of light marking the shortest and darkest days of the year. According to the ancient Celtic calendar, each year is [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘Interruption’ as in… what if an interruption was really just an invitation? I follow a well-worn daily rhythm nearly every day. I do an early morning workout, [...]