We live in a time of disunity. There is a war in Ukraine. Our political parties are divided, with little agreement over economic, health and immigration policies. Perhaps history has some lessons. In 1722, a small group of Moravian Christians found refuge in Germany. More than 300 people came, and one would think that the […]
When I pastored in Colonial Heights, I had a member who bought a new airplane and went to the Amelia Airport to pick it up. When he took off, he clipped the top of a tree and came crashing down. The plane caught on fire and both he and is his wife were burned. He […]
My oldest son had a rescue dog named Dakota who lived sixteen and a half years. Now that’s a long time for a dog, but for my son, it wasn’t long enough. Dakota had been his companion since she was an 8-week old puppy. He bought insurance for her and thank goodness he did because […]
My mother-in-law has a birthday this week. She will be 95. She is a delightful woman who has endured much and kept her head up high all her life. Her husband died about 35 years ago and her oldest son died a few years ago. She prays a lot and we always ask her to […]
Because I have been a pastor for many years, I have been asked to go and testify many times in a Courtroom. I have seen husbands and wives fuss with each other and I’ve even seen a husband begging to get another chance. I’ve seen young men and women convicted of selling drugs and then […]
We live in strange times. One day the weather is warm, balmy and 75 degrees. The next day there is snow and the temperature in the 20’s. In 1972 in Loma, Montana, the temperature jumped from -54 degrees to 49 degrees in one day. Sudden change seems to be everywhere. The stock market went down […]
Augustus Montague Toplady was born in 1740 and died in 1778 at the age of thirty-seven. When Augustus was only sixteen, he visited Ireland and was converted in a service in a barn. The preacher, Morris, was illiterate but warm hearted. Toplady thought this was unusual, that he who had sat under scholars was brought […]
For as long as I can remember, people have had heart problems. Bypass surgery has become a common practice. Taking an aspirin a day has grown from being heard very seldom to a lot. Mechanical hearts became popular and seemed to be filled with problems. I heard this week about a pig’s heart being transferred […]
With mass murders and school shootings, we often see people who do terrible things because of low self-worth. Social media is a good example of this. People often say things that are outrageous simply to get a reaction. Sometimes people have a need for acceptance and this leads to extreme behavior. The story of Rachel […]
Over the holidays, I’ve seen my grandchildren. We’ve seen them during the pandemic but it was always from a distance or outside. They have now had their vaccines. Saturday was the first time we have had them in our home. Silas, our grandson is now eight. He’s the one with the “liver disease”, as he […]