Driving back from our All Church Retreat last night, I thought about the Talent Show I had just left.  Traditionally children, as young as four, share jokes with the congregation.  One of our younger children delivered her “Knock Knock” joke and the congregation burst into hearty applause. You should have seen her face light up […]

My plan was to preach about how prayer fosters stewardship within us: as prayer connects us with God, who is generous, we become generous.  I planned to talk about how prayer is much more than asking, but instead grounds us in God’s grace.  My sermon was tracking along nicely until Thursday when a request to […]

Now, you need to understand that Connie and I once spent the night in a tent with our dog who had just been sprayed by skunk. We are dog people, maybe to a fault.  In our 35 years of marriage we have had 4 dogs: Millie the wonder dog, Sandie a beautiful English Bird Dog […]