Dear Edgeboro Family & Friends, Even though I’ve been doing newsletter articles for a while now, it still doesn’t come naturally to me. It takes me a little while to think about how I’m going to fill a blank page with no writing prompt and a bunch of different directions I could go. […]

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Dear Edgeboro Friends & Family, This year will mark five Easter sermons that I’ve preached at Edgeboro. Each one of them has exclusively focused on one of the gospel accounts – and understandably so – but in this newsletter, I want to spend some time with a story from scripture that is assigned to Easter Sunday every year in the Revised Common Lectionary and never gets used. […]

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Dear Edgeboro Family & Friends, I want to share something with you that we talked about at our most recent Joint Board meeting. To begin the Joint Board’s time together, I planned a simple time of prayer which consisted of two questions followed by a time to share other prayer concerns and a closing prayer by me. […]

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Dear Edgeboro Family & Friends, As many of you know, I took some extended time away from the office and the pulpit in January. While that time wasn’t exactly vacation, there was still plenty of opportunities to rest. […]

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Dear Edgeboro Family & Friends, I know Christmas is on everyone’s mind right now – I mean, I was indulging on Christmas music far too early this year myself – but I do want to take a page from Thanksgiving for a moment and give some thanks where it is due. […]

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Dear Edgeboro Family & Friends, The calendar has now turned. We’ve left the costumes and skeletons behind (the pumpkins can stay), and now we are squarely in the month of thanksgiving, counting blessings, and peeking ahead to Christmas. […]

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Dear Edgeboro Family & Friends, First off, I just wanted to say a quick word of thanks to you all that make up Edgeboro—and even though quick, it is sincere. On June 4th, 2016, I was ordained a Deacon in the Moravian Church—the first order of ministry. […]

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Dear Edgeboro Family & Friends, September is finally upon us, which in a non-pandemic year usually means that we settle into a new fall rhythm of events and routines at school, work, home, and church. […]

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Dear Edgeboro Friends & Family, As I sit down to write the front page of this month’s newsletter, the Olympics are in full swing. Like you, I am amazed at the power displayed in weightlifting and rugby, the endurance in water polo and rowing, the cat-like reflexes in badminton and table tennis, and the overall athleticism in everything else. […]

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Dear Edgeboro Family & Friends, I noticed that the last few times I’ve written for The Envoy, I’ve been consistently identifying which season of the church year we’re entering into and the impacts that has on our ability to see God working in our midst. […]

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