by Rev. Joanne Gilbert-Cannon | May 8, 2024 | Pastor's Blog
Dear Friends: On Sunday May 5th , I preached a sermon on how we get through the next six months of this political campaign cycle with faith, hope and love, intact. We are a divided people, even here at church and we need some strategies of navigating these...
by Rev. Joanne Gilbert-Cannon | Dec 11, 2023 | Pastor's Blog
Dear Friends: I went into my Chiropractors office (yes, again!) And this time it was blankNo words, no pictures, no advice, no thoughtful quote. Empty. White. Space. Tocontemplate. I realized that’s us. I wondered if I walked around with a dry wipe board...
by Rev. Joanne Gilbert-Cannon | Dec 6, 2023 | Pastor's Blog
Dear Friends: The first Sunday of Advent has come and gone. I was struggling for hope in this war-torn, uncivil, divided world of ours but my task was to offer the congregation a sermon full of Hope. I shared some thoughts of Nadia Boltz Weber, a blogger and...
by Rev. Joanne Gilbert-Cannon | Aug 16, 2023 | Pastor's Blog
Dear Friends: I walked into my Chiropractor’s office and saw this on the dry-wipe board on the wall. It convicted me, inspired me, and made me laugh out loud. It is so human to have one good day practicing a new habit and then going right back to the old habit the...
by Rev. Joanne Gilbert-Cannon | Aug 1, 2023 | Pastor's Blog
Years ago at friends in New Jersey, my friend, Pastor Mike showed me a book of prayer that had been given to his grandmother. I loved the inscription and gently started turning the pages of this lovely book on prayer. In the forward I found this quote: “Oh do not pray...
