Every year as we approach the Christmas season, we automatically focus on Bible passages in Luke chapter 2:1-20 and Matthew chapter 2:1-12 where the Christmas story is found. As I was thinking…
Category: Journal
My journey
JoAnne’s Book Arrives
JoAnne writes a book For the past eighteen months, my wife has been busy with the process of writing a book called God with Us – 50 True Stories of God’s Faithfulness. …
Fall Beauty; First Frost at our House
It was a frosty beginning to beautiful bright clear fall morning today. The leaves on the red maples are just past peak and falling fast in response to the cold. This…
Annual ordination service has definite international flavor.
The annual service of ordination for new ministers is one of the highlights of the church year. This year it had a decidedly international texture. Seven people were ordained; five men and…
Paragraphing restored
Today I say many thanks to my tech man, Steven Sgroi, for figuring out why WordPress was stripping the paragraphing out of my posts and pages. The pages I have written recently…
On the nature of blogging today
100th comment from Germany I received my 100th comment on my blog today. It was a TrackBack. I left it up because of its significance. It was from an advertisement site, but…
JoAnne and I Attended Burmese Bible School Graduation
What a joy for JoAnne and I to attend Burmese Bible School (BBS) graduation on Saturday, Oct. 1. The school has been organized to meet the need for pastors to serve the…
Life Chain is a reminder that God is pro-life
I stopped by the Life Chain in North Syracuse this afternoon to support the witness against abortion. I was late but glad to stand in the chain for at least part of…
October messages planned
In an article written before hurricane Lee, Atlantic magazine had already called 2011: the year of the disaster. Even without the difficult economic times of our year, and the sobering reminder provided…
Problem with WordPress
Please pardon the lack of paragraphs in my writing recently. Since the last upgrade, the program has been stripping them out. Steven and I are working on it but have not found…