Girl power!

Deborah and Jael step up today to defeat Sisera and his entire army. For God to use women so powerfully in that time was pretty unheard of.

I ate salt with our kids and many of our members yesterday. Not only do we have a stake in each other's lives and God's world around us, everyone has a ministry.

Dyan and I are finalizing our membership numbers for the 2010 synod report. We have 311 members, 250 of which are confirmed.

124 (almost half) of our members know and/or use their gifts in service to the church (and hopefully the world).

78 (63%) of them are women. We need to lift up examples like Esther, Ruth, Mary, Lydia, Deborah, and Jael. Where would our church (and the unfolding kingdom in the world) be without women?

Without the faith my mother passed on to me, I can guarantee I wouldn't be a pastor.