Thought of the Week

My heart is filled with gratitude as I write this “Thought for the Week”. Sunday, May 19, I will celebrate my 80th Birthday.  Never did I think that I would live so long. By all medical records, I wasn’t supposed to make it to my 1st Birthday and certainly not past my 13th. I survived […]

There is absolutely no human way to put an adequate value on motherhood. Proverbs 31:10, 28 says it all – “Her price is far above rubies….Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praises her.” Sunday, May 12 is Mother’s Day. For those whose mothers are no longer with us […]

We did it! We collected 207 hygiene kits!  I have nothing but gratitude for the enthusiasm and generous response that our church family gave to the Hygiene Kit Mission Project.  You accepted the challenge and went right to work purchasing the supplies, putting the kits together and delivering them to the church on time. We […]

Les Miserables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862. It is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century and could well be one of the greatest novels of all time. Hugo described his work as “a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsehood […]

This is Holy Week. While we celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus every Sunday, it is this week when Christians around the world focus with laser like attention on the most significant, life changing event in all of history. I am convinced that skeptics and nonbelievers will always be around to discredit, disbelieve, […]

We call it “Holy Week” or “Passion Week” In all of history it was one of the most eventful, tumultuous, tender, conflicting, humiliating, agonizing, horrifying, grief -filled, significant, victorious  week ever recorded. It was one of those weeks where actions speak louder than words. A week that words fail to describe. From the Triumphal Entry […]

We’re in the heart of Basketball mania better known as March Madness.  We are observing that games are won not by how a team starts out but how well they finish. Sports in many ways, offers great lessons for life.  We do well to pay attention. In life, many people start well, with good intentions, […]

In any area of life there is one ingredient that is absolutely necessary for success. It’s called “preparation”. Responsible parents spend 18 plus years preparing their children for Adulthood.  Those who succeed in the fields of education, medicine, law, ministry, music, engineering, etc. spend four to 10 years or more beyond High School preparing for […]

John C. Maxwell is regarded as America’s expert on leadership. In his book, “Relationships 101” he references an insightful quote called “Paradoxical Commandments of Leadership”.   How we treat others is important. As he says, “You never know which people in your sphere of influence are going to rise up and make a difference in your […]