Honor and Criticism

One of the more pleasant things  a pastor’s wife will experience is when her husband is honored for all the hard work he does.  She is the only one who truly knows what he goes through, the hours he puts in and the sacrifices he makes.  This Sunday I had the privilege of seeing that [...]

Finally

Finally after more than a year our house is sold.  Yesterday we signed on the dotted line and that burden has officially been lifted.  Unfortunately, we did not make any money on the house.  Since this is a  buyers market you have to sell for what you can get unless you can afford to wait it [...]

Prayerful Anticipation

We are at Nathan’s house tonight and are still prayerfully anticipating the closing of our house tomorrow.  We spent the day tying up a few loose ends.  Hopefully by this time tomorrow this will all be behind us and we can move on.  It really is hard to make a new start when you still [...]

A Wonderful Weekend

 
Nathan and Meredith were able to come up for the weekend and once again we were able to take in a few of the views around this area.  The leaves are at peak right now so this is the place to be.  The mountains were colorful and just beautiful.  There are pictures on the Rice [...]

A Few Things

Well we still haven’t closed in the house.  The real estate agent seems fairly sure that it will though.  It’s just that the buyers are getting an FHA loan and they are very picky.  Anyway, hopefully it will be over soon.
This weekend Nathan and Meredith are coming up for a visit.  Can’t wait to see [...]

Long Time Friends

A true friend is one that will take the time to stay in touch or just be there when you need them.  Although you will not be in agreement with everything they believe and have different philosophies on a lot of things, it’s OK.  As the bible says iron sharpens iron and that is the [...]

Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Chip Cookie Squares

Several years ago, back when we were at our old church in SC, we started doing something that was a little unusual as far as churches go.  Every Sunday after church we all brought some kind of food and we stayed there for the afternoon, ate and played games etc.   Many of our former members [...]

When We Don’t Feel God

Over the last few years since we have been in the ministry I have had people come to me with various problems they we facing in their lives.  Most of the time the solution to their problem was prayer.  When I would suggest this to them they would always tell me that they had prayed [...]

Psalm 149:1-5

 1Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
 2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
 3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
 4For the [...]

A Beautiful Season

 
As I sat at my computer today,  I looked out the window and saw this picture.  The leaves are already changing on some of the trees in this area.  This is certainly a place where you learn to have a true appreciation for the fall season.  And the folks around here really do it up [...]