by Ellie | Sep 29, 2017 | blog, Uncategorized
I do have friends who are NOT trees, and I measure them with hugs. I have a special tape, though, that I wrap around my TREE FRIENDS each fall. Please come meet my tape-measured friends. Miss Maple—a sweet old lady. Hemlock Holmes—a sturdy guy—there when you...
by Ellie | Sep 8, 2017 | blog, Uncategorized
WHAT WILL JESUS LOOK LIKE WHEN WE GET TO SEE HIM FACE TO FACE? I read a neat story that illustrates this perfectly. William Montague Dyke was blinded in an accident when he was 10. Despite his disability, William graduated from university with high honors,...
by Ellie | Aug 25, 2017 | blog, Uncategorized
There was this church. Modest-sized, barely keeping its financial head above water, not immune to problems. They had Important Leaders, though, whose spiritual heads were screwed on tight and who daily plugged into the SON. Their brightness enabled them to spill light...
by Ellie | Aug 5, 2017 | blog, Uncategorized
Sundays are special—a time to gather and worship with God’s people. I WILL go to church—wherever I am. But once in a while, God makes a Sunday—well, um…INTERESTING. (See last blog, In a Church Parking Lot.) Having attended church in Cortland NY on Sunday,...
by Ellie | Jun 23, 2017 | blog, Uncategorized
THERE I WAS, SITTING IN THE CAR, NO ONE ELSE IN SIGHT. My husband Jim was in the church, practicing the organ for the service to follow. Son Lee was running off bulletins and preparing to preach and lead worship music with his daughters. A big morning for us...
by Ellie | May 26, 2017 | blog, Uncategorized
DOES MY BLOG TITLE MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU? When I was a child, Decoration Day was a Big Deal. We went to the attic for our little bundle of flags, the biggest of which was maybe 2 x 3 feet. Seemed huge to us. We would put them out on May 30 in preparation for the modest...
