Monday Musings ... on Wednesday
Sunday was a very good day. We had a spirit in worship. We had people responding to the message and prayer around the altar. We had good attendance. We had a good small group on Sunday evening. It was...
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It has been a while since I got this done on a Monday morning. Yesterday was of special note because it marked our 6th year anniversary in this church, so we have begun our 7th year. It was a good...
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Yesterday was a difficult day with many good parts in it. The biggest difficult thing was that I did not feel good at all. Started feeling it on Thursday and just kept getting worse. Some kind of cold,...
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Yesterday was another very good day. We had a good time in worship and our attendance was outstanding. We had a carryin dinner after worship and then a wedding shower for a couple who is getting...
View ArticleMonday Musings ... on Wednesday
It has been a hectic few days. We discovered a lot of water in our basement on Friday. Evidently a main drain tile that goes right by our home clogged and then broke. With all the rain we have had...
View ArticleLast Sunday's musings ...
This week has been a long and difficult one. I was gone Friday afternoon until Sunday morning. I was with 4 great college friends for our annual weekend get together. It was a great time as usual, I...
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Yesterday was an outstanding day. Last night was our annual Dessert Theatre. We have a musical progam, usually with drama, the place is decorated up in extra ways and there are tons (at least it seems...
View ArticleMonday Musings ... on Tuesday
Since yesterday was considered a holiday and I was out of town enjoying Christmas with all my kids and grandkids I will do my musings today. Christmas was wonderful. Our grandkids, and their parents,...
View ArticleReflections on 2011 ...
As the new year has begun I find myself doing some reflecting the year that just ended.Good things: Grandchild #7 arrived in July. A 5 year old boy that my son and daughter-in-law adopted from...
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Yesterday was another very good day. It was cool to begin a new year in worship together with our church family. Many came and worshiped with us even though they had had a short than usual night. We...
View ArticleReflections on 2011 ...
I began some reflections on 2011 a couple of days ago with some good things, so I will list some not so good things as well.Not so good things: I didn't lose the weight I hoped to in 2011. I am...
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We had a very good day yesterday. We were back to full schedule and that added some energy to the building and the day. Had some good discussion in my Sunday School class and we had a great time in our...
View ArticleReflections on 2011 ...
some more good things from 2011: We started small groups this year at church. The small group that my wife and I lead and host is a great group. They are all young adults and they put up with us. We...
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Yesterday was week 2 in our series "Yes Lord ..." We were still in Matthew 9:27-31 and Ephesians 3:14-21. Asking the questions "Who do you believe in? and What/who are you saying yes to?"The need we...
View ArticleMonday Musings ... on Tuesday
Once again I had a Monday slip by without posting my musings. Here goes on a Tuesday.Sunday was a good day. We finally had enough snow to completely cover the grass. Winter has been different in our...
View ArticleMonday Musings ...
It has been a while since I posted anything. To the 7 people who check out this blog, sorry about that, it has been a very hectic couple of weeks.Yesterday was a very good day, with some odd elements...
View ArticleSurrendered or Loaned?
When each of my three children were born we dedicated them to the Lord. Actually we chose to dedicate them before they were born, but some time shortly after their birth we had a formal time of...
View ArticleMy Greatest Asset ...
Some years ago my District Superintendent asked me a question, “Do you know what your greatest asset as a pastor is?” I quickly responded “my wife”. He smiled and said that was a good answer but it...
View ArticleI Can't Wait ...
I can't wait. That is how I feel about this coming Sunday's worship service. It is not really an accurate statement, because I will wait because it isn't going to happen until Sunday. But my feelings...
View ArticleWhy wait?
Why do I so often wait? That question has been bouncing off the walls of my brain and heart this week. The question is related to prayer, intense, passionate prayer. I have been asking why do I so...
View ArticleNow What ...?
With all of the shocking news of the events in Newtown, Connecticut most of us are on an emotional roller coaster. Emotions swing from shock to anger and everything in between. The two most common...
View ArticleTwas the ...
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house were reminders of blessings from this Christmas and those in the past. There are pictures of my children and grandchildren hung on the walls...
View ArticleI Quit ...
I Quit! There I said it. Have you ever thought about it? Have you ever wanted to say it? Have you ever been stopped from doing it? I have. My answer is "I have.", to all of the questions I just...
View ArticleWe can have a revival ...
Our church has scheduled some special services that we call revival. I have been emphasizing that we have simply set aside some times and invited a speaker and a musician to come and lead these...
View ArticleUndivided ...
Undivided is an interesting word. It isn't really used a lot, or at least I don't hear it used a lot. In fact as I sit here typing I can only think of one way in which I usually hear it used. That is...
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