PASTOR’S WEEKLY BLOG

April 23, 2026

Dear MBPPC, 

Thank you for such a warm welcome to the ministry at Mount Baker Park PC. I'm delighted to have these few weeks with you all, and join you in praying for Pastor Andrea as she takes medical leave. I will be at the church on Tuesdays for staff meetings and other responsibilities, and then again on Sunday mornings for worship with the congregation. Please know if you have any questions or pastoral concerns during these two weeks, you can email me or call and leave a message at the church office and I will respond as quickly as I can.  We look forward to welcoming Pastor Andrea back on Monday, May 4

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April 16, 2026

Dear MBPPC,

Please welcome Rev. Heather James! She will be filling in for me while I am on medical leave the next two weeks. Heather will work half time (20 hrs. week) as she serves another congregation half time, Chapel by the Sea. Her in person office days will be Tuesday and Sunday and she will continue to lead staff meetings on Tuesday mornings at 10:30am. I know you will enjoy having her around as she is a wise and gifted leader.

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April 9, 2026

 Dear MBPPC,

Clare Conrad has faithfully and diligently served MBPPC for 20 years as the office administrator. She has decided in this season of transition to move on to other adventures and her last day in her role as Office Administrator will be May 20th.

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April 2, 2026
Dear MBPPC,

“So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.” -John 13:14-15

Today is Maundy Thursday and "Maundy" comes from the Latin mandatum(commandment).

Jesus said to his disciples “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By that we will all know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35).

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Palm Sunday Blessing

Oh God, you are interrupting me with eternity.

And I'm not sure I'm ready.

Take hold of time and order it once again.

Let me keep pace with you.

On this Palm Sunday, time is marked as one small donkey

plods toward Jerusalem.

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March 19, 2026

Dear MBPPC,

Thornton Wilder said…

“Hope is a projection of the imagination; so is despair. Despair all too readily embraces the ills it foresees; hope is an energy and arouses the mind to explore every possibility to combat them…In response to hope the imagination is aroused to picture every possible issue, to try every door, to fit together even the most heterogeneous pieces in the puzzle. After the solution has been found it is difficult to recall the steps taken - so many of them are just below the level of consciousness.” 

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March 5, 2026

 Dear MBPPC,

I want to invite you to our next self-study event this Sunday at 11:45am (right after the worship service) in Fellowship Hall. We had a good discussion around tables last time and I am looking forward to another rich time of being together. The theme of this event is Imagining a Hopeful Future. In a similar fashion, I will invite you to get a number name tag and sit at your assigned table. All are welcome, whether you have been at MBPPC for just a few months or for 40 years, or anywhere in between, your voice is important and welcome at the table.

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February 26, 2026

Dear MBPPC

This year I dove into the winter Olympics with gusto. The Olympics was for me a way to lean into hope in the midst of the terrible news cycle of January/February; young people reaching across aisles, athletes supporting each other by showing encouragement and sportsmanship across nations, “winners” losing with grace and “losers” coming out on top with humility. Still, my eye caught a sign at the Olympics closing ceremony, a sign that said something like, “Faster, Stronger, Harder…”

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February 18, 2026

Dear MBPPC,

This week I offer you a simple prayer that I have often found helpful in my own spiritual journey:

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing.

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