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...

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,...

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...

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, July 16,...

  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...