Someone recently asked me, “Why are all the crosses in front of your church?” Perhaps if you are newer to our church you have wondered the same thing. Those crosses are placed there each year by our youth ministry in memory of babies that have been aborted. They are a visual reminder of the desperate… Read More »

“When it rains it pours.”  I’m sure we are all familiar with that idiom.  You’ve probably had a few runs of that in your life.  I’ve sure had a run of pouring rain lately.  First, our microwave blew up — kind of almost literally too.  Next our kitchen sink drain started to leak, and of… Read More »

Well, it is time to shut down the garden for the year.  Our garden produced better than it ever has and Lauri and I have been pleased.  We sure have been busy processing and canning the fruit of our efforts, but I am happy to call the growing season over.  As many of you know,… Read More »

Last week while traveling to Warren, Ohio for District Conference I drove through Akron.  I am convinced that Akron, Ohio is the worst city of its demographic to drive through in the entire country.  There are several major routes that intersect in Akron; I-76, 1-77, 224 and route 8 being among them.  Where those interchanges… Read More »

On a recent family vacation we all trekked up the hike of Clingmans Dome in the Smokey Mountain National Park.  Perhaps some of you have made that hike to the highest point of the Great Smokey Mountains where, if you are fortunate enough, you can witness the swirling mists that give the area its famous… Read More »

Not long after Dallas Theological Seminary was founded in 1924 it went through a period of financial difficulties leading it to the point of bankruptcy. The creditors were expected to foreclose at noon on a particular day. When the appointed day arrived, the founders of the seminary met together in the morning to ask God… Read More »

One evening this week while Lauri was away visiting our daughter, I decided to do a little maintenance on a used vehicle we had just purchased, because I noticed a small fluid leak. I expected that the leaking liquid was brake fluid from a faulty brake line, but I quickly realized that it was coolant… Read More »

One evening this week while Lauri was away visiting our daughter, I decided to do a little maintenance on a used vehicle we had just purchased, because I noticed a small fluid leak. I expected that the leaking liquid was brake fluid from a faulty brake line, but I quickly realized that it was coolant… Read More »

Well I have had a really good week. As of the writing of this pondering (Thursday), I have had no concussion symptoms from my tree felling accident three months ago. I first noticed that on Sunday evening when I went to bed. The 10 second wave of dizziness that normally swept over me when I… Read More »

Lauri and I enjoyed a little vacation time last week camping. Of course camping was a totally new experience for PennyPacker, our 12 week old yellow lab puppy, but she adapted quickly to our little home away from home on wheels, and she loved getting to spend so much time outdoors with us. We were… Read More »