Monthly Archives: September 2005
It Matters
In the summer of 1986 Kathy and I took a four-week journey to Japan, Hong Kong, China, and Thailand. The congregation I then served had a study leave policy which provided me time and funds for such travel. This particular … Continue reading
Biblical Synergism
“Work out for yourselves your own salvation with fear and trembling; for God is energizing you for both the willing and the working of his good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:12,13, MRV) At first glance this fragment from today’s Epistle reading looks … Continue reading
Hickory Harvest
Every September neighborhood squirrels make their way to our backyard. They come — black, gray, red — to harvest nuts from a shagbark hickory tree that towers over everything. This year our bushy-tailed friends have hit the jackpot. Never in … Continue reading
Many Things in Parables
In Between for September 18 Continue reading
9/11 and Katrina
Today, the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon Building, coincides with the passing of two weeks of horror for our country. For a long time to come no parents will name a … Continue reading
Labor Day in Cedarville
Cedarville’s tenuous claim to fame is as birthplace of the father of Labor Day. Continue reading