Sheryl Hofmeister

The songs we sing in worship are addressed in a few different directions. Sometimes we sing directly to God (Be Thou my vision of Lord of my heart…). Sometimes we sing to one another...

There’s something about spring that just feels like God hitting the refresh button on creation. After months of gray skies, bare trees, and frozen sidewalks, suddenly the birds are back, the tulips are peeking...

Happy Easter all! This past Easter weekend was a personal highlight. Worshipping in a full sanctuary with other amazing people, all singing worship and praise to the King, and proclaiming the greatest news ever…...

Holy Week is a time for deep reflection on my own sinfulness. I have to come to grips with the thought that I, personally, had a part in nailing Jesus to that cross. Pretty...

As some of you know, I had Cataract and Glaucoma surgery over the past three weeks. I must admit that I was a bit apprehensive of this surgery because of all the difficulty my wife...

This week’s blog post is one that is bittersweet to me. At the end of June, I will be resigning as the Director of Children’s Ministry.  First and foremost, I want to thank all of...

It was just a simple orange.  What was it doing on the pulpit? Regrettably, I don’t remember the sermon that day.  But I remember the orange. I wondered. “What’s with the orange. Months later,...

A few weeks ago the choir sang a song called “Servants of Peace” by K. Lee Scott. The text is by James Quinn and is based on the famous prayer by St. Francis of...

Lent, that sacred season when we all give up chocolate, complain about giving up chocolate, and then, at some point, wonder if Jesus would be okay with us having just one piece because, you...

These are the words that the pastor speaks as he makes the ashen sign of the cross on the foreheads and hands of his parishioners on Ash Wednesday.  A stark reminder that the wages...