I always wondered what went on in those houses where Christmas trees remained visible in the windows many weeks into January. Well, now we’re one of those houses. So I can share…
50th Anniversary Kick-off
The balloons were out. The cake was cut. The atmosphere was electric. Today it is official; Community Wesleyan Church in Kirkville is entering a season of celebration. Check out the KNN pages…
Building up people power
As I move through the senior years of my ministry, I find I am blessed and my ministry is truly enabled by remembering and putting into practice a basic principle of leadership;…
Answering a call for clergy leadership
Letter writer, David C. Ashley, in today’s Post Standard opinion page decried a lack of obvious clergy leadership in changing the climate of political discourse in our country. I have good…
1/11/11 Human Trafficking Awareness Day
The following is copied from an email my wife received from World Hope International, an organization that has been in the forefront of addressing this issue for many years. I include it…
Winter series is planned called Love Can Build a Bridge
Next Sunday begins a new series of messages with the exciting theme, Love Can Build a Bridge. Marilyn Wilsch suggested it to me after hearing the song by that title sung by…
New Look
A big thank you today goes out to our church webmaster, Steven Sgroi, for giving me a new look. I’ve been blogging for a year and I thoroughly enjoy it, so we…
On Planning Your Personal Prayer Times
One of the key elements of our daily time alone with God is the devotional resource that we choose. How do we go about choosing what to use? A good resource…
Happy New Year!
One of the first tasks for every Christian at the beginning of the year is to plan for their devotional life for the coming year. The plan has several parts. The…
Christmas Joys
What brings joy at Christmas? It’s not just one thing. It’s a combination of many. Family get-togethers We started the season early, heading out to Keely’s and Mark’s in mid December as…