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…
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My Results of Fasting and Prayer through Pray & Act
I have been participating in the national Pray & Act emphasis led by Jim Garlow and Chuck Colson. October 30 marked the formal end of this forty-day fasting and prayer effort on…
A Climate of appreciation returns to us on Pastor Appreciation Sunday!
As a pastor, you never quite know what the congregation will do for pastor appreciation Sunday, a verbal roast, a vacation you weren’t planning on, a hearty dinner or…? And they like…
An abundance of blessings
We have just felt so blessed on our trip west. So I decided to make a list of some of the special blessings we have noted. The messianic blessing promised to Israel and…
Collecting Serendipities
It was a beautiful morning for a walk as JoAnne and I took our morning exercise at Green Lakes Park today. We usually walk in the hills for an hour or so to get…