Last summer we launched our first Intergenerational Vacation Bible School (IVBS) and it was a huge success! You may ask, what are the advantages of an IVBS? Here's the scoop: 1. Children with challenges that might make being left on their own at a VBS program a frightening prospect can attend...
I’ve noticed, lately, an uptick in the injection of sarcastic remarks into dialogue on serious matters in our country. Actually, more than an uptick—more like a flood. How unfortunate! What is sarcasm? My online dictionary (via a Google search) defines...
The mid-term elections are over; only a few votes remain to be counted, only a small number of races yet an issue. If you’re like me at all, you have already let out a sigh of relief. No more campaign ads, no more accusations, no more fear of talking with friends and neighbors...
Sunday brings Night Two of our very popular Intergenerational Vacation Bible School and you don't want to miss it! We're looking forward to another fun-filled night of learning and laughing. Just a hint: the snacks we're planning are going to be grrrrrreat and Noah will make another appearance!...
Betty and Josie Clawson... Bob and Lela Bauerband... Thelma Farmer... Ruby and Rosemary Whitehall... George Ellsworth... Alice Witt... Jim, Ann, and Wally Knight... these are just some of the names I remember fondly from my tiny, hometown church. These are some of the people who made a lasting...
Just home from a hospital visit with a beloved parishioner. Early this morning, I felt a nudge, a push—get up and go to the hospital soon. Off I went. I sat in the quiet room for a half hour. Quiet prayers. Thinking about this good man’s life; imagining him...
Dear Friends: I've been the primary dog walker in our home the past few days. Chloe walks in the morning and just after she eats her supper late in the afternoon. As we "fell back" into Eastern Standard time, we've adjusted, Chloe and I, so that the afternoon walk comes just...
Dear Friends: Be imitators of Jesus. What a bold challenge! Be imitators of the One who is perfect. Be imitators of the One whose mind is pure and purely compassionate. Be imitators of the One whose courage exceeds our imagination of what it means to be...
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God...
