Author: admin

08 Jan

Posted at 20:39h in Pastoral Notes

Dear Westwood Community, Like you, I have been on edge for the past day, watching and praying as wildfires move through our community. While the church is at present safely away from the fires, members of our congregation have evacuated--some anxiously awaiting word about whether their homes still...

02 Jan

Posted at 20:33h in Westwood Kids

Last Sunday was both happy and sad because we had to say good-bye to Pastor Diana for leading us as our Pastor in learning how to love God and others better every day for the past 5 years. How old were you 5 years ago?...

01 Jan

Posted at 20:08h in Pastoral Notes

Dear Westwood Community, This new year's eve, I am sitting with words from Cole Arthur Riley, shared as a prayer invitation on her Black Liturgies Instagram feed: Hope is not tethered to remembrance. We don't move forward by forgetting. Hold space for every joy and every sorrow of the year. We...

25 Dec

Posted at 08:46h in Pastoral Notes

Merry Christmas! I hope that your Christmas celebration has been good already, and these next days will be full of tender joy as we mark the precious gifts of this season. I wanted to share two little gifts with you today: First, a video we made at...

18 Dec

Posted at 11:40h in Pastoral Notes

Dear Westwood Community, Advent is a season of endings and beginnings. Christ’s birth brings new ways of living and loving into our world of uncertainties and injustice. In many ways, pregnant Mary was surrounded by endings—large and small, personal and political. But Mary proclaimed hope in...

11 Dec

Posted at 07:47h in Pastoral Notes

Dear Westwood Community, For whatever reason, Christmas has snuck up on me this year. This is surprising, given that we have been playing Christmas music at home since November 1st! Gabrielle and Isaiah LOVE popular Christmas music and while can't say that I love it, I...