This is December and the end of 2016! It is also going to mark the end of my official pastoral care ministry. God has blessed me so much, as I was able to minister to you or your loved ones as they have been lonely, ill or faced the end of their lives. He has…

I feel it is our obligation to vote. Many Christians do not vote. I really think this is the wrong choice. Christians in many countries in this world are being persecuted. They suffer under governments that hate the Christian faith and yet these believers don’t have a right to choose their leaders. In the United…

We had a family reunion last weekend and I heard other people mention that they were also having reunions. It made me begin to think (maybe after going to three funerals this week) about the greatest reunion of all. When I get to Heaven, first I want to see Jesus! It will also be awesome…

Having fellowship with other Christians is special. The Disciple Women’s Fellowship promotes fellowship and thereby lasting friendships. Regular meetings are on the second Wednesday of each month at 9 am, in the fellowship hall. A light breakfast, fellowship, a short business meeting and then an interesting study are included each meeting. We would love to…

Spring is here…that means time to prune those shrubs and roses. To look the best that they can be, they need trimming. We Christians need to be pruned in our lives so that we can be the best that we can be for our Lord. We need to prune that branch of jealousy, or that…

Many of my friends have told me how they wake up during the night and can’t go back to sleep. I normally don’t have that problem, but lately I have been waking just a little early. Now I can look at this condition as not being a problem, but a blessing. This week I read…

I couldn’t help but smile as communion was passed this last Sunday, everyone was glad to move quickly and help pass communion to the next person. Some even moved over and sat closer to their neighbors to make it easier to pass. Probably doesn’t seem like much and I guess I usually miss this because…

I recently experienced a birthday. Just another day, just another birthday. What was neat about this one was that in one of my devotions, entitled JESUS CALLING, Enjoying Peace in His Presence — that was prepared especially for that day, were the following words: “I LOVE YOU with an everlasting Love, which flows out from…

On Sunday, we opened worship with “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus.” Hebrews 12:2 says, “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus….” When my mother was 87 and in a nursing home, she would be very confused and most of the time didn’t know where she was, but one day when I was reading a Max…

Romans 7: 19 “For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.” I heard an illustration lately that spoke to me: A good Christian man was having trouble with swearing. It would just slip out. Upon telling a friend about this, the friend…