These next two months (March and April) in the life of the Christian Church are what we call, “The Season of Lent.” It begins with Ash Wednesday (this year on March 5) and ends with Easter Sunday (April 20). The Worship Committee in conjunction with the Social Committee will be hosting a Lenten Luncheon on...
Before I tell you about a new year’s resolution that works, let me ask you a question. What’s in a name? Likely your parents gave you your name. Why? Was it to honor a family member from the past? Was it just a name that was “in vogue” at the time? Or, was it a...
What Is Truth? This was the question that Pilate, the Roman governor in charge of keeping the peace in Judea from 26-36 A.D. put before Jesus who stood before him on trial for His life. The Jewish leaders at the time were calling for his execution. Pilate wanted to know their charges against Jesus that...
In the first part of August Julia and I took a tour of the Galapagos’ Islands 500 miles off the coast of Ecuador. A twenty-nine-year-old man from England visited some of the same islands over 190 years earlier. His visit set in motion a whole new way of looking at the world and how it...
Come this Fourth of July, we will observe our National Day of Freedom. Many of us will have cookouts, street parties, and fireworks to commemorate our independence from England which occurred on September 3, 1783. That is the day the Treaty of Paris was signed, and the United States of America was first officially recognized...
