“Watching Over One Another During Covid”   Lately I have been whispering under my breath the “3 Simple Rules” set in play by John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement a couple centuries ago. Perhaps you know them too since they’ve been resurrected recently by Bishop Reuben Job’s marvelous book “Three Simple Rules”. They tell… Read More »

“Nope, We’re Not.” Central Church Family, Back in May I started my blog with the question: “Are we there yet?” Well, two months later and that question is still nagging at us. The COVID pandemic hasn’t gone away and we’re still navigating our path through the strange new reality we’ve been left with. Two months… Read More »

“KEEP IT GLOBAL” In this time of quarantine, I’m finding it is easy to let our view of the world shrink, in our knee-jerk impulse to fear and self-protection. We look to care for “our own”. We constrain our movements to a close-cropped orbit until we are told it is safe to travel. I get… Read More »

ARE WE THERE YET? Dear Central Church, Lately, I have felt like the child who’s on a car trip with their parents and asks, “are we there yet?” And when a parent replies, “Not yet;” the child demands to know just how much longer the trip will take! This trip we are on is called… Read More »

KACI KNOWS ABOUT RESILIENCE – Happy Easter, everyone! Christ is risen! We might even say “Christ is resilient”! Especially in these days, I am thinking about a delightful trait within nature we call “resilience”. Look it up and you will see it defined as: “the ability of a substance or object (or person) to spring… Read More »

STAYING GROUNDED WHEN A STIFF WIND BLOWS So how are you doing out there, as this necessary virus quarantine keeps us apart? Hopefully, you are able to be more grounded than anxious, more hopeful than despairing, more Sabbath-keeping than wall-climbing. As of this moment, we do not know exactly how long we must “stay home/stay safe”.… Read More »

EARTHY LENT – Recently, I purchased a plant grow-light shelf for my wife Debbie. Deb’s hope is to grow micro-greens and get a head start on her summer garden plantings. Shortly after setting it up I noticed the strong smell of soil in the house. How do you describe that smell: Earthy, woody, mossy, musty? … Read More »

Change Can Feel Like a Stormy Sea –  I recently started a class here at Central about the spiritual giant, Martin Luther, so pivotal to the Protestant Reformation of some 500 years ago. So to start the first class, I had us go around the room to ask where everyone’s ancestors fell on the “church… Read More »

Dear Central Church Family, Belated Happy New Year! I hope the holidays offered you some measure of God’s presence and love. I know I found that goodness in my life in recent weeks. As we move into a new year together, I’m grateful for many things but, most of all, I am thankful for you–… Read More »

This Christmas, I Want a Whole Lot More/Less   I was complaining to one of you in the church recently, about my need to downsize the stuff that fills my house. Like so many USAmericans, it is alarmingly easy and seductive to accumulate so many possessions that they begin to sort of possess us. At… Read More »