Keeping a tradition One of the first dates I asked JoAnne to go on was to the Steuben County Fair. We remember eating spaghetti at an Italian stand where I learned…
A piece of good news
See you at the pole is a national day of prayer for students. I was happy to see it made at least one internet news page. Our nation needs courageous young people…
Features I am enjoying about living in Connecticut
[Show as slideshow] If you ask me the proverbial question, “Is the glass half empty or half-full?” I’m the kind of guy who always answers, “Half-full of course!” Count your blessings. So,…
Immigrants make an area more prosperous
A new study has found that immigrants help the prosperity of areas where they live. I have seen this first hand in the boost immigration has given to some neighborhoods in Syracuse…
Summer Sermon Series Planned for Copper Hill Church
This summer at Copper Hill Church, during the pastors morning messages, we are reviewing together the primary purposes of the church. There is no better time than the beginning of a new…
Nursing home visitation will be rewarded as a ministry to the least of these
A friend, Phil, in Kirkville wrote me that he was joining a ministry of nursing home visitation. I thought my comments to him, might be of encouragement to others too. So here…
A Personal Testimony
While I usually file my sermons in the sermon section, I decided to include this one here for two reasons. First, because it is my first sermon at Copper Hill UMC. Second,…
Naughty bear
Our new home is in the country and we love it that way, except for the poison ivy, of course. There is a trout stream across the road from…
All private schooling endangered by the Justice Department’s arguments
I never thought I would see the sad day when the US government argued against both educational and religious freedom. But it has just happened. It sounds more and more like they…
Moving Day part two
Monday July 1 was long anticipated. We arrived at our new parsonage at 7:50 am to await the moving truck’s arrival. We had been told they would come between 8 and…