Forty years ago, we were sitting in front of the television absorbing every second of what was happening. We heard the words, One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind, uttered by Neil Armstrong. I do not think about this historic event every day of my life. Yet, when reminded of this particular [...]
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8 Pentecost
Jul 26
7 Pentecost
Jul 19
I believe that everyday we get a glimpse of what heaven is all about. It may be very quick. But God offers to us a moment in which we can experience the glory and significance of God’s kingdom.
On vacation, I had one of those precious glimpses. On the Virginia/Tennessee border there is a small town [...]
3 Pentecost
Jun 21
“for we walk by faith, not by sight.”
2 Corinthians 5:6
To be honest, there are times when I read from the works of St. Paul I feel he is writing to someone else. In reality that is exactly what Paul has done. He wrote to people in various cities who were trying to figure out their [...]
2 Pentecost
Jun 14
In Cheraw, SC, my twin brother and I went to a rather remarkable kindergarten. In the community this place was referred to as “The Little Red School House. It looked like an old time, one room school house. It was painted red. I am not talking about red; I mean RED. In the front of [...]
Trinity Sunday
Jun 7
According to my dad, the answer to everything was duct tape! If a pipe leaked, if something came unglued or broke, we would hear, “Get me the duct tape!” Our household did not have a small role of the stuff. We had the extraordinary humongous size designed to last a family at least a century. [...]