Pastor's Corner: Repent, renew, resolve, pray

As God's people, we are called by Jesus to love God and to love our neighbors. As citizens of the United States of America who follow this call, we must engage the complex and contentious social issues that face our nation with humility, civility, intellectual rigor and honesty. As followers of Jesus - whether Democrats, Republicans or independents - we must seek the health of our nation for the good of all people.

Do we acknowledge that we have not always loved God and loved our neighbors? Despite the example of Jesus and the teaching of Scripture, do we admit that many of us have not adequat...