Psalm 13

A sermon message I gave on April 12, 2026: Thank you for the opportunity to bring the message today. Before I delve in, I wanted to share how it came about. A few weeks ago, Linda Hawkins and Pastor Scott were talking about how they still needed someone to give a sermon and I quickly […]

Give Thanks

I took this picture Thanksgiving morning as the sun was coming up. It’s not the clearest as it was taken through a window, but it was beautiful and peaceful. It shows us that even though life can get frantic, overwhelming or frustrating, we can be inspired by the simplest things. One of our tasks at […]

Develop a greater appreciation

Yes, I have the CD to the original soundtrack to Fiddler on the Roof. I recently DVR’d the movie and decided to watch it this weekend, one I hadn’t watched for many years. It’s a long one (3 hours!), so I watched it in segments. What I didn’t expect is to develop a greater appreciation […]

Meet Barnabas

This is our new “child” named Barnabas. His story started almost a year ago when my coworker, Nikki, told me she was expecting her second child. I told her that Jeffrey really wanted someone to name her child Barnabas. I thought we were making progress when she almost told her doctor that her baby’s name was Barnabas. We […]

A piece of the puzzle

When you put together a puzzle, you study the pieces-shape, size, color. You can look at the box with the finished picture to know what section it may go. Sometimes the pieces don’t seem like they fit, like they were put in the wrong box. We are all pieces in the big puzzle called life. […]

Moon over a Bridge

I took this picture this morning on my way to work. The moon (or night) is mentioned in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Genesis 1:3-5: And God said, ” Let there be light” and there was light. God saw the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light […]

God will provide

For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops. But in the seventh year the land is to have a sabbath of rest, a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards. Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the […]

Waiting

A couple weeks ago, I wrote a blog about waiting. I decided to wait until morning to reread it and then post it. The problem is that when I went to look for it, it wasn’t saved. I thought I had been saving it, but it appears to not have been.  Ironically, the post about […]

Be Still

Be Still. Be still. Beeeee Stilllll. Why is that so hard? We had a prayer workshop this past weekend and the first reading was the story about Mary and Martha. Martha is busy doing all the chores where Mary is sitting by Jesus, listening to his teachings. Martha wants acknowledgement of her completed tasks and […]

I can’t fly

A couple weeks ago, I thought I could fly. Well actually, I tripped over my dog and fell down a couple steps onto our tile floor (good thing the floor caught me!). My left knee got the brunt of the fall. The picture is where she likes to lay on the 2nd step, and in the […]