http://www.christianpost.com/news/we-must-change-obama-says-about-school-shooting-86754/ I think President Obama is right. Our society as a whole must change if carnage like we have experienced four times in his four year presidency is to be stopped. …
A Thanksgiving Tribute to My Mom
November 20th, my Mom, Dorothy I. Jones, went to be with her Savior. She had turned 90 in August. Though she had been declining for months as a consequence of slow congestive…
State of the Church address
At the semi-annual church conference, I changed the format of my usual report and instead presented a “State of the Church” address. It was meant to summarize the achievements of my pastorate…
More fall pictures
I emptied another camera and added more pictures to gallery of fall pictures from our camera carrying walk at Green Lakes a few weeks ago.
The Syracuse Train Show
A couple weeks ago on the first Saturday in November I snuck out to the annual Syracuse Train Show. It is a massive display of working train sets of all gauges and…
Visit to our daughter and family
JoAnne and I took a couple days off to go to Connecticut this past week. It’s a combination of things. For one, we acknowledge that we are pretty taken with our…
Railroad golden era reminders
It is interesting to me how you find reminders of the Golden Age of Railroad transportation in the oddest places. Perhaps they only seem odd to me because 100 years ago railroad…
Sermon coordinated Bible reading for November 4-24
Our Big Bible Bonanza reading contest has been very successful in encouraging daily Bible reading. Though people could choose to read any passage of at least five verses that they wanted…
Big Bible Bonanza increases Bible reading
Blue Angels vs. Goldfish Everyone a winner – that was our goal at the beginning of the Bible reading emphasis. More specifically, the goal was to increase the number of…
Great golf fun today
I haven’t played golf in a couple years. But I was invited to go out today to Casolwood in Canastota with Mark Boswell, Shaun Harrington and Peter Moon. It was great friendship…