This Sunday is all about the parade, but not the kind of parade that we think of with Macy's on Thanksgiving Day, or that grand parade that takes place in Pasadena before the Rose Bowl.  This parade was much smaller, somewhat shorter, and didn't come with balloons or floats.  And yet this parade is packed with meaning. …

This Sunday will be about perspective.  We will have just returned from the Holy Land and it is my hope to offer some of the perspectives from that trip.  There are things we can only learn if we truly willing to walk where Jesus walked, to see as Jesus saw and to take the actions he did. …

This Sunday at Aldersgate we have the rare privilege of having our Seattle District Superintendent, Rev. Rich Lang, in the pulpit for both services.  Rich has done a remarkable job of reinvigorating the district, focusing us in, bringing in some amazing talent to serve the churches of this area.  He has been creative in the formation of…

This Sunday we will explore the footsteps of Jesus.  As much as the message will be in the Lenten spirit, it will also help involve the entire church in the trip to Israel to be taken by fifteen people from Aldersgate.   I will share pieces of the lessons I've taught at the Wednesday classes, pieces of what…

This Sunday we'll be exploring the unique gifts consistently offered by this church; gifts like generosity, community involvement, care for one another, and love of God.  I continue to realize that for much of my previous and even pastoral career I saw myself as one who was to help determine what was lacking in organizations, communities, and…

Last Wednesday we stopped for a little while and remembered that we are God's and God's alone.  It was Ash Wednesday and the beginning of our Lenten season.  As odd as it seems to many, and as Catholic as it seems to others, we were physically marked with the sign of the cross; physically marked as a…

From last week's overview of what has to lay at the foundation of any attitudes and actions we, as Christians, take, this week we turn outwardly looking to whom those attitudes and actions might be directed, particularly right here at home.  We live in an incredibly diverse community.  Whether we seek to have Aldersgate be that place…

We 're all blind to things..all of us.  But Jesus utilizes those kinds of things to teach us life lessons.  In the story in John's gospel, Jesus notices a blind man.  The disciples notice that Jesus notices the blind man.  Wanting to sound intelligent they ask what they believe to be an obvious question.  Who sinned to cause…

There are a couple of events I'd like to promote as we continue to move forward as a church. Two are Seattle District events and the other events are for us and our surrounding community. This Saturday, January 21st from 8:30-noon there will be an Aldersgate Church Work Party.  It will be an opportunity to work on…

As we enter more fully into this new year I would like to take a few weeks to study the five stages of permanent change written by Christine Clarridge in the Monday, January 2 Seattle Times.  Just a quick reminder what those five stages include.  First is the pre-contemplative stage.  Second is the contemplation stage.  Third, the…