Episode 003: The Lay Pastor

Click the link or photo below to listen to episode 003 of The Local Pastor Podcast! Welcome to The Local Pastor podcast! Amanda interviews Pastor Cydni Waldner of Vale United Methodist Church and discusses her calling as a lawyer and lay pastor and all the challenges and blessings that have lead to it. Andrew and […]

Pastor’s Report, Feb ’23

Let me start with some simple honesty. As I think about these next two months, I am overwhelmed. Spring is always a busy season. On the one hand, this is the season of Lent. I like to think of Lent as a time for spring cleaning. The word “lent” is actually a reference to spring. […]

Episode 002: Too Sick to Preach?

Click the link or photo below to listen to episode 002 of The Local Pastor Podcast! Andrew interviews Pastor Tim Brewer of The Ontario Church of the Nazarene and discusses the unique difficulties of state border towns and the value of preaching. Plus, when vacation ends in sickness – who preaches on Sunday? All this […]

Pastor’s Report, Jan ’23

I do not do well with winter. As the days grow short, cold, and overcast and as the temperatures plummet below freezing, my mood and energy tend to darken and plummet as well. Maybe it has to do with where I grew up. I come from a part of California where the average high winter […]