AUGUST 2022 PASTOR’S BLOG Dear Cobham Park Church Family, Picture yourself playing chess with a cat. After a few minutes, there might be more chess pieces on the floor than on the board. The attention span of a lively feline is not very long—milliseconds if there is anything shiny, dangly, or mousy in the room.… Read More »
July 2022
Dear Cobham Park Church Family, Last weekend, Tammy and I took our oldest son and his girlfriend to Tangier Island. This Chesapeake Bay voyage takes a couple hours by ferry. Passengers soon lost cell service as the Northern Neck’s shore receded on the horizon behind us. This created a rare scene in today’s world: dozens… Read More »
June 2022
Dear Cobham Park Church Family, Hello Team! Today we’re revisiting an old sports analogy. After all, Northern Neckers are serious about their baseball (and that’s an understatement). Many of you know more about this game than I could hope to learn in three lifetimes. I also know that some of you prefer other sports, or… Read More »
May 2022
Dear Cobham Park Church Family, After several days of temperatures climbing into the high 80s, I cheerfully walked out my front door this morning in a short sleeve shirt. (No, I didn’t check the weather forecast first.) I was immediately greeted with bracing 40° Fahrenheit air. Come to think of it, I’ve been constantly switching… Read More »
April 2022
Dear Cobham Park Church Family, When I shop online, I often buy items from people who live on the other side of the country—or world. For example, I recently found an interesting piece of handmade pottery on the internet. But when I tried to buy it, the purchase wouldn’t go through. I found myself increasingly… Read More »
March 2022
Dear Cobham Park Church Family, Time—we impatiently wish it would hurry up and get out of our way. Time—we desperately try to slow it down as we dread its passing. Time—we waste it without a second thought. Time—we can never go back for a redo. Time—it is our dearest gift and greatest accountability. Time—we don’t… Read More »
February 2022
February 2022 Dear Cobham Park Church Family, Sniffle…cough…sniffle…cough. Ugh! Colds are a bummer—especially when you catch one during a pandemic. What was once a seasonal annoyance now becomes a high-stakes medical crisis. My kitchen counter was recently littered with tissues, cough drops, pills, NyQuil bottles, and COVID test kits (which were thankfully negative). In my… Read More »
September 2020
Dear Cobham Park Church Family, Look at Jesus! In Christ’s Love, Pastor Keith P.S. I admit that my letter was on the short side, but sometimes less is more. Just let me be Captain Obvious this month. Besides, “Look at Jesus” is the underlying message in most of my devotions and sermons these days. I… Read More »
Dear Church Family — June 2020
Dear Cobham Park Church Family, When a house is well over a hundred years old, there’s reason to be wary of its condition. The roof looks fine in our 19th-century farmhouse, but looks can be deceiving. How can a person know for sure? How can leaks be found? Wait for a storm—the more severe, the… Read More »
Dear Church Family — Special Edition April 22, 2020
Dear Cobham Park Church Family, Life seems erased from the rocky landscape. There is no green–only shades of tan under a pale blue sky. Looking small against this arid backdrop, a lone figure is silhouetted by the merciless sun. His feet are blistered and dusty from the wandering miles. Three unseen companions go with him: … Read More »
