'creation' Tagged Posts

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Sunset over Lake Erie

Pastor’s Column – Aug 2025

Our family attended Dunkirk Family Camp this summer, which perches on a picturesque cliff overlooking Lake Erie in Dunkirk, New York. Among many activities we could choose from was an opportunity to go seining. Seining was a completely new word for me. A fellow camper and naturalist by occupation had two people stretch a net the entire width of a stream. Then the rest of our group got in the water, kicking up mud and decaying leaves, disturbing and directing…
9 deer standing amid trees in the fall after leaves have fallen

Pastor’s Column – Oct 2023

As I write from our kitchen table, a white spotted doe is grazing not but 10 feet beyond our glass door. Her fur is ruffled and nose is black. She immediately noticed me, but clearly I am no threat to her. Afterall this is Lancaster. Jessica and I were once walking through aneighborhood when we witnessed three deer staring at someone’s backyard shed as if they were waiting on someone who was late for an important appointment. They were. Sure…