Last week on vacation my parents took Lauri and I to Winter Park, Florida for a boat tour of Osceola Lake. It was a beautiful day and our boat captain gave us a grand tour. The entire lake was surrounded by impressive homes. In fact, the lowest valued home on the lake was appraised at… Read More »

I am writing this Ponderings on an airplane. Lauri and I have planned a little getaway and I am looking forward to a few days relaxing just with her. She really is my best friend. Travel isn’t always relaxing though, is it? You have to get to the airport in plenty of time to negotiate… Read More »

We sure had some windy days this week. Walking across the church parking lot, I felt like my skin was going to be peeled off by the arctic blast! At least it was blowing me toward the building in the morning, and I didn’t have to walk against it. Anyone who was outside on Tuesday… Read More »

On Tuesday I stopped by one of the local restaurants here in Willard to pick up some lunch for a committee meeting. Both of the counter employees were helping other folks, so I had a bit of time to figure out what I was going to order. While I was waiting for my turn to… Read More »

The following story appeared on the westartnow.org website and I thought it was so insightful that I wanted to share it with Christian Alliance Church parents… My daughter is 16 and like all teens  deals with social drama and ups and downs.  I want her to have a cell phone for safety, but last year… Read More »

Today is Sanctity of Life Day. Once a year this date rolls around without seemingly any difference from one year to the next. Our country still allows for abortions to happen, and much of our populace either champion it or ignore it. Since 2012 the United States of America has averaged about 650,000 abortions per… Read More »

You could have heard a pin drop in the room that night even though over 100 students were present. We were at the mid-week point of the LIFE Conference, and our group was having its sharing time after the evening session. For the past hour, students had been talking about where God was moving in… Read More »

Well, a New Year has arrived. I’m old enough that 2019 sounds like a title from a sci-fi movie. I recently watched some of the movie series, Back To The Future… do you know what year Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled into the future? 2015. I WISH our cars flew like they did in… Read More »

It’s Christmas Eve. The gifts are wrapped and under the tree. Christmas decorations have done their job glittering and spreading holiday cheer for the past month. Cookies have been baked and cards have been sent and received. All of the work is done and now the expectation of Christmas Day is coming. If you are… Read More »