Author Archives: bpemery

Thank you for your willingness to try something new.  You probably felt like we all felt when it was introduced the first night at Sierra-Cascades Annual Meeting.  So you have already experienced some of what happened there, except for one … Continue reading →

Psalm 42  1 As the deer longs for the water-brooks, so longs my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? … Continue reading →

Acts 2:1-13 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 Divided … Continue reading →

Good morning.  A while back, I was asked to help speak at a week long camp for high- schoolers – and the Scripture that the camp asked me to use was this very text in Matthew 22 (Matt. 22:34-40). And … Continue reading →

When life suddenly takes us in a new direction, we think “this is a new beginning; this is the birth.” However, that is a misconception, because actually this new something began some time ago.  It began when the usual began … Continue reading →

Good morning, friends. I thought I would start out with a little bit of context and explanation of my title for this morning. In what may seem like a great irony my title was originally inspired after reading the Game … Continue reading →

The Bridge His lips quiver. “There’s a girl on the bridge,” he says. “She threw a can of beer onto the river. It looks like she’s going to jump.” Love is inscribed on the bridge. “Pat Loves Erica” is written … Continue reading →