Jan 3, 2015 | Blog
When our children were young, we owned bicycles equipped with child seats. Riding the bicycle with one of our boys in a child’s seat was a fun way for us to spend time together. I got some exercise while one of the boys enjoyed the changes of scenery. We also talked...
Dec 26, 2014 | Sermons
Christmas Eve John 1:1-14 If you have ever traveled to a developing nation, you know what happens in those countries, while normal and expected there, can be unexpected from our perspective. In Liberia, I’ve watched a cell phone tower erected over several weeks with...
Dec 25, 2014 | Blog
When I was about the age of three, I had my first chance to sit on Santa’s knee. He was in the back of George Shipman’s Dixie Dandy, Close to the bottle drinks, meat section, and Christmas candy. A “Ho! Ho! Ho!” came from a mouth I could not see, Words...
Dec 22, 2014 | Sermons
Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 21, 2014 Jeremiah 29:4-11 Most of us complain about having to wait when we go visit the doctor. It doesn’t seem to matter if our appointment is at 8:00 A.M; we know we are going to wait 30 or 45 minutes before the doctor appears. Not...
Dec 15, 2014 | Sermons
Third Sunday in Advent, December 14, 2014 Isaiah 9:1-7; 2 Corinthians 11:12-15 On November 13, 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to French scientist Jean-Baptiste Leroy in which he said, “Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it...