July 2024 – Sharing God's Love and Grace

“Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?”

Meditation on John 6:1-15 Pastor Karen Crawford First Presbyterian Church of Smithtown, NY July 28, 2024 “A shoe factory sends two marketing scouts to a region of Africa to study the prospects for expanding business. One sends back a telegram saying, “SITUATION HOPELESS STOP NO ONE WEARS SHOES “The other writes back triumphantly, “GLORIOUS BUSINESSContinue reading ““Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?””

Is Not This the Carpenter?

Meditation on Mark 6:1–13 First Presbyterian Church of Smithtown, NY Pastor Karen Crawford July 7, 2024 (art by stushie, used with permission) I had this funny thought yesterday. What if I had stayed in York, Pennsylvania, and never accepted that first call to ministry in rural Minnesota? My ministry journey would have been completely changed.Continue reading “Is Not This the Carpenter?”

Living in the Calm

Meditation on Mark 4:35–41 First Presbyterian Church of Smithtown Pastor Karen Crawford June 30, 2024 What are you afraid of? What started out as a lighthearted conversation stirred some more serious thoughts later. Jim was picking up a bug with a napkin under the kitchen table yesterday—a bug that our cat, Liam, happened to beContinue reading “Living in the Calm”