Olive Crest United Methodist Church
7180 North 60th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68152

Our Pastor

Rev. Debra Tompsett-Welch

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From The Pastor - Life On The Edge ...

Calendar Year 2005

April-May: When is it avoidance and when is it God helping you cope?

February: Lent, Then Easter To Get Unstuck.

January: A Vision for Our New Year.

Calendar Year 2004

November-December: A Christmas Letter.

September-October: Getting a Jumpstart from God, again.

August: An Olympic Moment or Learning to See Music in Motion.

June: When the Job is just too big; or how to do the impossible!

May: Living in the second when God breathes life into the Universe or Learning How To Live.

March: The Movie: The Passion of The Christ.

January-February: Digging Out from Snow or Expectations?

Calendar Year 2003

December: Living A Christmas Carol, or how to get Un-Scrooged in Time for Christmas.

November: Practical Joy; some ways to get Ready for Thanksgiving.

October: So What Did I Learn from Having Pneumonia?

August: Being Too Busy As An Injustice Toward God; Or struggling to be with a loved one while working for that loved one.

July: A Vision from God, Or fighting for Freedom, here where we live with the weapons of love.

June: A Movie, Urethane, and Learning the Lessons hidden in every leaf and rock.

May: Influences and Freedom, and the difference between Responding and Reacting.

April: It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Living through Friday when you don't know it's Good.

March: "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire." Struggling to live a Lent free from the taint of fear.

February: Love in the Midst of Fear.

January: A Renewed New Year.

Calendar Year 2002

December: Gifts of The Heart.

November: The Lies We Live With, Or How Do You Decide Without Enough Facts?

September-October: Angels, Roofing Squares, and Building God's Kingdom Or How to Do the Impossible One Square at a Time.

August: Courage in the Dark.

July: Surviving Pain Without Losing Joy.

June: A Question.

May: Looking for God With Ordinary Eyes.

April: Passion in the Deep Silence.

March: Major Appliances, getting ready for Easter & learning to trust God.

February: Making BIG money decisions: Cars and Listening to God.

January: 23 Hours to Georgia, Crush Space and God.

Calendar Year 2001

December: When the world changes, and a baby is born in the midst of darkness.

November: Going on Vacation in the Kingdom of Love or Fear

October: New Every Morning: Hope in the Midst of Pain

September: Looking Away to See Farther

August: Courage and Roller Coasters!

July: Going on Vacation For God

June: Bow Ties, Birthdays and Meetings Or being warmed by the Flame instead of being burned by the Power

May: When God catches the falling door

April: Finding Easter In My Neighbor

March: Dead Cars and My Birthday

February: Romantic Love Starts With You!

January: Living Abundantly in the New Millennium, or Airlines, Airports and Looking for God

Calendar Year 2000

December: A Christmas Letter For My Very Big Family

November: Thankfulness = Happiness, a Spiritual Calculus

October: The Olympics and Justice

September: My Home Is Invaded By Four Men ... and God.

August: "Riding The Wave" or Trying To Do It God's Way.

July: What Can God Teach Me With A Computer Train Wreck

June: Does your life balance work, play, rest, and God?

May: One, Two, and Many, or Getting Anything Done

April: Walking With Jesus Maundy Thursday to Easter. Finding Grace in the Shadows

March: Learning to Walk All Over Again

February: Surprised by Joy In the Little Things,The Spirit of God in ordinary life

January: A New Year, A New Life, A New Heart

Calendar Year 1999

December: Who is this Santa Guy Anyway? Where did he come from and what does he have to do with Christmas?

November: Re-Creation

October: Times of life, death and rebirth

September: The burning flame of God's Spirit

August: Summer, A time for Shaping; growing or wilting

July: How to bring your life great power

June: Learning to be a hero for God And Star Wars; The Phantom Menace

May: Looking for Family in the midst of the Fire

March-April: Getting Ready for Easter on Purpose!

Calendar Year 1998

December: What Does Christmas Mean When We Hurt Can God Come To Me Where I live?

October: Listening, or Practice in the Spiritual Art of Discernment

September: What is the difference between an adventure and absolute disaster?

July: Seeing Harmony,in Leaf Filtered Light

May: The Voice of God in Serendipity and Waiting on God

April: Looking For The Risen Christ, In You?

March: What does a Valentine's present look like? Or how to give out love, even in hard times.

January-February: Loving like St. Valentine...Or acting out love in an unloving world

Calendar Year 1997

October: Despair Prevention, and fighting that helpless feeling

September: It Happened on Vacation!

July: Freedom in the silence, or learning to let God free me from my own oppression

June: Looking for God on Vacation?

May: Where Did You Learn Love? Was It From Your Mother?

April: When Easter Stays for More than a Day

March: Rauch: Breath, Spirit, Wind and Life

Calendar Year 1996

July: Looking for Freedom in the midst of the Swamp

May: Rev. Michael Goes To General Conference Or finding the Holy Spirit in the midst of Politics?

April: Easter in the time of mist and shadow, Or living in Easter after Easter is over!

February: Leading, Following, and Loving?

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