Pastor Paul’s Blog

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘Locate’ as in… as in the ability to locate ourselves in joy makes all the difference. The capacity to rejoice in times of hardship and [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche (Heya… you can see the video version of this post here.) Today’s Word[s]: ‘You’re welcome’ as in… a great response to ‘Thank you.’ [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word ‘Clarification’ as in… clarifying yesterday’s Buechner Post. I was first introduced to Frederick Buechner’s writings nearly 40 [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word Buechner as in… Frederick Buechner. On Tuesday morning, August 16, I opened the email I knew would one day arrive but would have done all I could to [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘Third’ as in… we’re well into the third third of the summer. I know, right? How did that happen? I’m going out on a limb here, but I think you need a [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘Dip’ as in… it’s time for dipping, sprinkling, plunging, immersing, covering, as in… baptism. Conversations with parents about the baptism of their [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘Heartbeat‘ as in… heartbeat and breath are two parts of one thing. We can’t have one without the other. I’ve been using the [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: Listen as in… “be quick to listen and slow to speak.” I’m guessing, of course, but there’s a good chance that most of us are more apt to get this twisted up. [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: Change as in… change happens all the time. We know that because we can see it: our address changes, we move from one house to another, from one town to [...]

By Pastor Paul Gauche Today’s Word: ‘Thriv’ëra’ as in… Real Thriving in Real-Time. It’s early Sunday morning. I’m at the local Caffeine Palace, ready for [...]