I decided that News Commentary should be a category rather than a page series. It is time sensitive; posts allow for shorter comments; and it will have an RSS too. I hope…
Category: Journal
My journey
Pre-Christmas Snow
For those of my readers who are not from Syracuse, you’ve probably notice that we hit the national news for our latest snow event. This is the one time of year when…
Visual for Alertness
As I posted the new page for visuals for this past Sunday, I was reminded that one of the members of our congregation gave me a great illustration for this past Sunday’s…
A Heart-Warming Christmas Planned
Here’s a heads up about some of the planning for the month of December. I think you will be inspired by the presentations as they enrich our services. The name for…
Reflections on a Very Significant Change in My Job over 30 Years.
I have been reflecting recently about how some key changes in our culture have affected pastoral work over the 30 years. Particularly, I have been documenting lately the decreasing number of natural…
More Thanksgiving Ideas
At our extended family Thanksgiving dinner for the Jones clan yesterday, I received a couple really neat ideas for young families. 1. My niece, Pat, and her family who hosted this year…
Making Thanksgiving Real
Thanksgiving is one of the great holidays of the year. These days when so much is determined by commercial value, it is being swallowed up between Halloween and Christmas. I will do…
Tribute to a Fallen Soldier
I went to the funeral service for Sergeant Ed Bolen of Chittenango today. As I was leaving the cemetery, I saw a reporter interviewing a young man, asking his thoughts. It started…
Audio Bible Link Added
I just discovered a great link for those who like audio Bibles. Thanks to sponsorship by Christian Post, you can now listen to the Bible in NKJV professionally read and actually performed…
New Page Series Created called Visuals
I continue to be challenged by the way our society has become so visually oriented. The new page series – Visuals – is meant to respond to this need by presenting visual…