REV. ANN

Happy Easter Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen! Listen to Ann read aloud a Ukrainian Easter story: Color...

May you have a blessed Holy Week. I pray you take time this week to slow down, pause, and watch this interactive video produced by me and...

The last day of Christmas, January 6, is called Epiphany. The day celebrates the appearance of the star to the Magi, as well as the...

I created a video of me reading the story "The Legend of the Poinsettia" by Tomie dePaola. I created it for the children of my...

I would love to invite you to join my congregation Burlingame United Methodist Church each Sunday in Advent (begins tomorrow!) as well as...

I pray you have a wonderful holiday celebrated with much gratefulness as well as receiving many blessings! I was honored to be invited to...

Hello! It has been some time since I have posted, and I am busy pastoring a new church. I miss regularly reflecting and writing for this...

Hi All! I have been away from the blog and busy with life. My children are back in school full time and have two more weeks before summer...

I love food. And I come by it honestly. My dad loves food. His mom, my Ganny, loved food. My earliest memory of Ganny is sitting at her...

Happy Easter! I hope you had a wonderful Easter Sunday celebration. Easter continues, and below is my sermon for this Sunday, April 18,...

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. Joseph went to Pilate and...

One of the most famous scripture verses is John 3:16. The verse is worn on t-shirts and written on banners at sporting events. While the...

I recently discovered the word and symbol Sankofa. Sankofa is a word in the Akan language in Ghana, a country in West Africa. "San" means...

Listen. Listen. Listen. Again and again, we are called to listen. Today, I invite you to click on the video below. Instead of watching,...

Growing up as the daughter of two ministers meant that going to church on Sunday was not an option. On occasional Sundays I was sick, but...

I recently subscribed to Discovery+ on a whim and primarily to watch the new shows being produced by Magnolia Network and Chip and Joanna...

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a...

In the last few months, I have learned a new prayer. It was first introduced to me by Rev. Ashley Pickerel Thomas last March. It...

It's late afternoon. Shadows are cast across my lap on the porch. I'm inhaling chilly, fresh air and releasing a deep sigh as the school...

What does our baptism mean for our lives as Christians in 2021? Especially given that these first days of the new year have been...