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Tag: Lent 2022

Pastor's Note

The Triumphant Entry

It is a scene common to all four Gospels. It’s one of those stories that has its own title: “The Triumphant Entry.” It is re-enacted

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Bright and Clean

In July of 2019, I arrived at Manchester UMC and began my appointment as the Lead Pastor of this amazing congregation. Just eight months later,

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Meaning of Metaphors

The hymn writer John Newton’s best known hymn is “Amazing Grace.” In it he celebrates the power of God’s grace with a metaphor: “…was blind,

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Going Through the Motions

The early 1800s saw what history now calls the “Industrial Revolution” in Europe and the United States. A big part of the “Industrial Revolution” was

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Living Through Suffering

We might prefer that the Gospel come without suffering. Perhaps, were we to compose our own Gospel story, we would write one in which suffering

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Bright and Clean

In July of 2019, I arrived at Manchester UMC and began my appointment as the Lead Pastor of this amazing congregation. Just eight months later, we went into pandemic...