Pastor Bill's Blog

Welcome to Pastor Bill Uetricht's Blog! He looks forward to sharing his thoughts with you regarding the life of our congregation and our work in the world.
One of the criticisms lobbed at us religious people is that we can be judgmental.
This weekend in worship we start a multi-week experience with the prophet Jeremiah.
Back in the eighties, one of my favorite thinkers Douglas John Hall, argued that one of the biggest struggles for Western civilization (particularly the United States and Canada) is the denial of the negative.
As I am preparing for our adult faith formation class on Sunday (9:30), I am struggling with shame and guilt.
Being on the edge of the new year, many of us are pondering what kind of surgery we want to perform on ourselves next year.