Lord, If I had my druthers I’d rather Easter Be over and gone- No extra sermons For me to write For Holy Week, No pressure To make Easter grand For those who come But twice a year, No meals to schedule With friend and kin, Just a sunny day And a breeze that’s warm. … Read more
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Holy Week Services, March 26 – 30, 2018
Monday, March 26 Trinity Presbyterian Church, speaker: Cathy Barnett Smith Tuesday, March 27 St. Jude Catholic Church, speaker: Dave Reinhard Wednesday, March 28 First Baptist Church, speaker: Wayne Spencer Thursday, March 29 McCabe United Methodist Church, speaker: TBA Friday, March 30 First United Methodist Church, speaker: George Pasley
Pastor’s Ponderings – March 14, 2018
Ponder the questions on this test- I wasn’t there, that day. Oops. Ponder the old dead leaves on this unidentified shrub- What will they do next month? I haven’t been there, yet. Ponder the family that moved in a hurry, Leaving mountains of debris on the curb- Where did they go, and why? Are the… Read more
Daylight Saving Time Begins, March 11, 2018
Set your clocks ahead 1 hour this Saturday evening. Daylight Saving Time Begins this weekend!
Pastor’s Pondering – March 7, 2018
MULTIPLE CHOICE Why did God send Jesus? To do the dishes? To pick up after the dog? To scold the litterbugs? To plant tomato seeds in jiffy pots? To remind us to eat our vegetables? To share his sandwich? To shake his head over the morning news? To eat dinner with racists and… Read more
Pastor’s Pondering – February 28, 2018
Back to school at 63, I find myself studying For two tests In one afternoon. And I worry. I fret, Even though I take good notes And pay attention in class. I wonder if I will pay the price For my excused absences this month. Still, I expect to do well. But I… Read more
Pastor’s Pondering – February 21, 2018
When there is nowhere to go, When there is nothing that can be said, When there is nothing that can be done- Elijah went to a cave, Jesus cried out loud, Job sat among the ashes. Seriously, There are some times When in our pain We have to hide Where God can find us… Read more
Pastor’s Pondering – February 14, 2018
What do cats dream, While they sleep? My wife says they dream About catching the fat Red Robin Or eating her dip While she grades papers. She may be right, As I believe she Has walked in their paws And taken her share of catnaps. But I wonder- Do they dream of peace,… Read more
Pastor’s Pondering – February 7, 2018
Note: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became spokesman for his race as a renowned abolitionist orator, was born perhaps 200 years ago this month. His date of birth is shrouded in the racism of slavery, but he believed he was born in 1818 and later chose the date of February 14 for his birthday…. Read more
Pastor’s Pondering – January 31, 2018
I can remember now A long hard winter, One blizzard after another, Highways constant in ice, Snow piled in front of the barn doors, Stock locked in their stalls Until spring wandered home. Even so it took weeks Weeks and weeks and weeks For the drifts to melt And mud accumulated EVERYWHERE Before the… Read more