OUT TO PASTOR: What’s all these gadgets for?

Without any hesitation, I will gladly admit that I am on the short side when it comes to gadgets. For me, most of them do not make any sense at all. Instead, I like things simple and easy. As for the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, she is obsessed with gadgets.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (Chapter 3)

CHAPTER 3 “If we make it through December.”   It may have been a premonition of things to come. Still day one – some distance past the steaming geysers at the foot of the Red Mountains, the four of us divided into two parties.

OUT TO PASTOR: Temptation is oh so tempting

At the beginning of the week, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage informed me that she and some of her friends would be going thrift store shopping on Thursday. “Now,” she said, “you will have to take care of your lunch. You think you can do that?

ON THE JOB TRAINING (part 20)

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. – MATTHEW 10:16 You will find out if you are serious about following Jesus that the sinner will not be your greatest enemy, but the religious folks will be.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: LOST IN YELLOWSTONE (CHAPTER 3)

The next chapter will be Thursday, August 12, 2021.

HOPE FOR TODAY: The root of America’s rising division

The Scripture says, “For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, as it is written: ‘None is righteous, no, not one...

OUT TO PASTOR: Don’t judge a person by their cover-up

Have you ever had one of those Déjà vu moments? The other week I was in the shopping mall to pick up some items for the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. On this occasion, I was walking down the mall and stopped dead in my tracks. Coming at me was someone that looked like my old aunt Elsie.

ON THE JOB TRAINING (part 19)

And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: LOST IN YELLOWSTONE (Chapter 2)

CHAPTER 2 “Miles to go before I sleep.”   On July 11, 2021, our four hikers arrived at the southern entrance of Yellowstone’s Thoroughfare and South Boundary Trail. The trail is 67.5 miles long and designed to be traveled in seven days.

OUT TO PASTOR: I ain’t 16 anymore

I’ve had so many birthdays in my life that I really don’t know how old I am. All I know is that I’m one year older than I was last year. I would not be able to remember when my life began if it wasn’t for paperwork..