If you’ve been in worship lately, you may have noticed that we are growing in numbers among God’s youngest children.

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the forty-day journey toward Easter.

We are now officially past the halfway point of the winter season.

Though I am not a gardener, I know this is a time of year when many enjoy paging through seed catalogs and laying out plans for spring planting.

Over the last week I’ve learned that several churches in our ecumenical group are experiencing a pastoral transition.

I am looking forward to our Annual Meeting this coming Sunday, and especially to the chance to share a delicious breakfast with you all ahead of the event.

Prayers are with everyone as we recover from the storm and await restoration of power.

The new year has begun again as it often does for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere: in the bleak midwinter.