Jun 1, 2017
Dear friend … More people get married in June than any other month. Mona and I were married in June, three weeks after college graduation. I just read the statistics on what a wedding costs today. It’s a good thing we got married back then. This is one of those...
May 1, 2017
Dear friends … In only 50 days from today, The Gathering will kick off at our beautiful Lighthouse Camp and Retreat Center in St. Marys. From June 11-18 there will be worship services, recreational activities, business sessions, children’s activities and...
Mar 1, 2017
March 1, 2017 – Today is the first day of Lent, typically known as Ash Wednesday. It is the 40-day period preceding Easter. Lent is not an observance mentioned in the New Testament. However, the observance of Lent developed fairly early in Christian tradition....
Feb 2, 2017
GROUNDHOG DAY . . . This blog is supposed to be made public on the first day of each month. Hence, the heading “FIRST DAY.” However, this one got by me, and as I write it is Feb. 2 – Groundhog Day. I probably have a little more interest in GHD than most people...
Jan 1, 2017
THE BLESSING AND BANE OF ROUTINE … When I was a young pastor, I asked our Wednesday evening congregants to name a “resolution” for the coming year. A woman stood and announced that she “did not believe in resolutions.” She did not say why, and I decided not to...
