Pastor Kathryn


The Perfect Plan

By kj
April 26, 2025

"Driving range tonight?" That's the text I sent my son last Wednesday morning. I knew it was going to be a gorgeous day and evening. I also knew that his local friends were busy that night. It was the perfect plan. "The perfect plan" - something I often aspire to, especiall...

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Go And See For Yourselves

By kj
April 20, 2025

John 20:1-8 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “...

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Wait For It

By kj
April 19, 2025

On this Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, theologically speaking (liturgically calendaring?), we are being asked to "wait for it." Scriptures tell us that Jesus died and then it was the sabbath, so there was a day of doing nothing, before the women came to prepare t...

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Palm Sunday 2025

By kj
April 13, 2025

Isaiah 50:4-9a The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens— wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not tur...

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The Long Way Home

By kj
April 12, 2025

Martha's father, William B. Spong Jr., was a United States Senator who represented Virginia from 1966-1973. I never had the honor of meeting the man, but I have enjoyed the stories about him shared with me by his daughter. One of my favorites is that he didn't like to go to ...

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On Being a Peaceful PROTESTant

By kj
April 05, 2025

I'm going to a protest today.  I have colleagues in Boise, Idaho and Austin, Texas who protest in front of their Capitol every week that the legislature is in session. I respect their commitment and I'm thankful for their witness - but that's not me. I've been to three. W...

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Christmas Vibe

By kj
January 30, 2025

Admittedly, we kept the Christmas vibe going well into January this year. I do not tell you this from a place of guilt. I tell you this out of a place of permission giving. These days are dark and (really!) cold - so who cares if the tree is up and the lights still on (...

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Game Night: Monopoly (Hometown Edition)

By Kathryn Johnston
January 26, 2025

Luke 4:14-21 Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he ...

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Here's to another great week ahead!

By Pastor Kathryn
December 30, 2024

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Welcome to your Monday Meditation.

By Pastor Kathryn
December 23, 2024



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