weekly blog | fpcvalpo

5 days ago

Strategy for a Noisy World

One day last week, I was on the phone waiting to be connected, and the audio space was being filled with a combination of jazzy music...

Lou Ann Karabel

Apr 25

Our Traditions

I’ve been thinking about tradition. Our family is big on that. Perhaps like you, we do certain things to mark certain events. Singing...

Jim Hubbard

Apr 18

Visiting Family…How Important Is It?

Sharon and I are visiting our son and his wife in Eureka, CA (Northern California near the Avenue of the Giants redwood forest) and it...

Bill Rogers

Apr 11

Faith and Rollercoasters!

I have to admit, in my much younger days, I wasn’t much into riding rollercoasters. Yes, at that point of my life, the thought of riding...

Doyll Andrews

Mar 27

Pushing past Mile 22

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV) In previous blogs, I have talked...

Jerry Kahrs

Mar 21

He Who Sings

“He who sings prays twice.” Saint Augustine Beyond the ritual dyeing of a couple of dozen hard boiled eggs and hunting for hidden...

Nancy Becker

Mar 13

First Point

One of the best things about having an old Bible that you have carried around and written in and underlined and marked-up over the years...

Lou Ann Karabel

Mar 6

Be Still and Know

On Sunday afternoons, a small group of our church members meets on Zoom to talk about poems. While I’ve loved poetry all my life,...

Jim Hubbard

Feb 28

Hope Spring Eternal

This phrase is used most frequently to describe how, despite dire or daunting conditions or circumstances, people still expect things to...

Bill Rogers

Feb 21

Making Ripples

Some of the beautiful aspects of the Lenten season are that they represent new beginnings in our spiritual growth while continuing our...

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