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Tomorrow, we bury one of our island elders.  Friends and family will take the ferry from the mainland to come and say one final goodbye to Franklin, spending time together as an extended family to laugh, cry, comfort one another, and celebrate his life as the island comes together to host this important event. It… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective August 22, 2024

Last week, Tropical Storm Debby dropped approximately one foot of rain on our island.  Fortunately, the winds were never very strong, so the storm was predominantly a rain event with some significant beach erosion thrown in for good measure.  And while we have blue skies and typical summer days in the week since the storm… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective August 15, 2024

When the power went out Monday afternoon it was both unsurprising and unwelcome.  So much of our electrical grid is above ground, and we have seemingly more trees crowding our power lines than anywhere else in the county, so the onset of Tropical Storm Debby was bound to disrupt the power here.  Unfortunately, it disrupted… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective August 8, 2024

Most of the people who live in our island community are in the third act of their lives.  They were raised somewhere else and went through whatever formal education was appropriate for them, then they worked in some sort of career, and now that their formal working days are done, they have chosen to come… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective August 1, 2024

Yesterday, as I was driving the ladder truck back to the fire house after a morning training session, I passed several golf carts filled with visitors and gave them our normal wave (we wave a lot here while driving, whether we know you or not).  As I continued on, for some reason my strange brain… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective July 25, 2024

Our island community is the sort of place that is easy to fall in love with.  Frankly, most of us who live here fell in love with the island within hours of being on it, knowing almost immediately that it was where we wanted to be.  But those unquantifiable feelings of having found our home… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective July 18, 2024

Today we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence nearly 250 years ago.  The document itself is one of the most profound statements of human behavior and human rights in the context of community, and the principles elicited within it have shaped what is arguably the greatest nation on this planet, providing the basis… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective July 4, 2024

We live in a world where it is becoming increasingly easier to find out almost anything about a person.  Regardless of how you feel about it, the more connected we become through electronic/digital methods, the more likely our information is to become discoverable – even if we think things are being kept private.  Even our… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective June 27, 2024

Summer is the busiest time of the year on our island, with lots of family, friends, and tourists coming to enjoy our community.  As a direct result, various entities such as the church plan for more activities, which means that more people are doing more work to help make these activities and events successful.  Certain… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective June 20, 2024

As a pastor with preaching and teaching responsibilities, it is critically important that I know not only what the Bible says, but also what it means.  At the same time, I also acknowledge that I neither know nor understand perfectly what the entirety of Scripture says.  There are several points that will remain a mystery… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective June 13, 2024