Ecclesiastes 3:4 This was me, looking very Baptist, as the new pastor of Laveen Baptist Church, 1984. Back in my office, which was separated from Ruth Ann’s, the Church Secretary, by the mimeograph room. A mimeograph was a noisy device that demanded the user wear rubber gloves as it flung chemicals and ink all over…
Postscript I wanted to blog about living through the “dark night of the soul” as it has been my own experience this year. Last January I underwent a successful da Vinci robotic surgery for a stage 2 cancer on my right kidney. Coming up on the one year surgical anniversary, I’m able to reflect on…
The first Sunday of New Year I couldn’t waitFor my favorite pew … where I’m never late.Bulletin, Bible held tight in right hand,I marched down the aisle to my holy stand. When to my shock, he sat there in my place,That Mr. Oink, by himself, such a disgrace!Oh, that Oink is so clever, a man of two…
Driving home from the Mega-Super storeOn the Interstate pushing seventy-four.Mini-van loaded full of Christmas toys,A day of rush, stress, press and noise. Turning on the radio to find joyful a strain, I blinked and rubbed my eyes to ease their pain.Fiddled with a knob adjusting the the heat,Two kids stuffed with candy, and gifts wrapped so neat. Beside me was…
One ministry that will touch lives and endure the tyranny of the urgent is a “Home Communion Ministry.”
Today on Christians Need to Know, we will talk about Thanksgiving – your key to opening the doors of relationships in your life …With God and with others. Fred and Madge are the perfect neighbors. Their house was decorated for Christmas the week after Halloween! Children and families pilgrimage to their yard. They also bake….
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