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,…
Category: Who Am I
Posts to help folks get to know me
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…
Moving Day
Race to get it done JoAnne and I have been so busy preparing for this moving day that I have not been able to chronicle it as I wanted. Now it has…
A new assignment
Today it was announced at both churches that I have a new part-time pastorate in Connecticut starting in July after my retirement from full-time ministry here in Kirkville. I will begin…
A new place in cyberspace for my blog
A new domain name In preparation for my retirement from Community Wesleyan Church in a few months, Steven Sgroi, my web technical guru, and I are working to untangle my internet…
A little inside winter fun
Puzzle fun What do you do in winter when the snow is flying and the temperature is dropping? Well, among my wife’s and my favorite pastimes for winter evenings after Christmas are…
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…
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…
Chronicling the reading habit
Reading is an important habit for all of us. Of course, our number one book to read is the Bible. I have several ways to keep track of my reading. When I…