When I was a young pastor, I didn’t understand the importance of celebration. I guess I must have ignored the fact that the OT has a regular schedule of feasts for the…
Category: Joy Notes
Posts that intend to inspire
Verona Beach State Park – a quiet spot
JoAnne and I took time to visit Verona Beach State park for a quiet picnic. The lake was calm, the sun bright and the park sparsely populated except for the camping area….
Grace Gardens — A beautiful spot
[nggallery id=27] You could call it the mother lode of daylilies, but I just cannot resist the sheer beauty of a hillside filled with a variety of hemerocallis in bloom. That is what…
Spiritual Enrichment at Family Camp
JoAnne and I made it to Family Camp July 6-10 this year. From one standpoint, district pastors are supposed to go at least for one weekend. But from another and in my…
Men’s Fishing Retreat
For a couple years now, men from Community Wesleyan have been organizing a fishing retreat in the Adirondacks on July 4th weekend. This year, Rhett LaForte asked me to bring the message…
Anniversary Visit to Syracuse E. M. Mills Rose Garden
This last weekend was a big celebration weekend for me and for my wife too. It was Father’s Day and I enjoyed appropriate attention and good food on account of that occasion….
Joy at New Baptisms
Sunday on Father’s Day, between our two services we had the joy of baptizing Eric Moon and Jerry Mercier by immersion. Eric’s testimony of being influenced to turn his life around and…
News! We are to be Grandparents!
JoAnne and I are on the proverbial cloud nine as we have recently learned that our daughter, Keely, and her husband Mark are expecting! Early next year we are to become grandparents…
More strawberries
What a patch of strawberries! It’s been so long since I filled my homemade basket tray that I forgot when the last time was. This year I’ve had the joy of repeatedly…
Strawberries: I’ve been waiting for this!
As a hobby gardener, sometimes it is a while between good harvests of one particular crop. That’s the way it has been with me and strawberries. For several years I nursed an…