For perhaps obvious reasons, I have titled my meditation today, “101 ½ Reasons Why Alice Ruth Was Special.”  If it seems like that might take a long time, my answer is, “She lived a long time.  She deserves it.”
 
1.      Long Life:  As Pastor Bill said, “From horse and buggy to moon flights.  Wow!”

Every act of love makes God more believable. 
1 John 4:14-15
December 26, 2010
Great question
A couple of weeks ago I walked into the Fellowship Hall on a Wednesday night after Confirmation.  I usually try to grab a little something to eat while catching up with a few folks, then head to my office and finish up [...]

If Jesus had wanted to avoid aggravation, he wouldn’t have been born.
Luke 2:7
December 24, 2010
Carol conflict
The U. S. Supreme Court recently refused to take up a case that would ban singing Christmas carols in public schools.  I’m not particularly encouraged, because that means Christmas carols are less offensive to our secular world than prayer.   In [...]

DEVOTIONS
“It’s not how you drive but how you arrive.”  That’s a golfing principle.  (For the record, I’m not too good at either driving or arriving.)
“He can run but he can’t finish.”  (Another sports analogy – a commentator’s slight for a basketball player who can’t put the ball in the hoop or a football player who [...]

Move toward your pain this Christmas, not away from it.
Luke 2:4
Candlelighting Meditation – December 19, 2010
O Bethlehem
“Back to Bethlehem?”  Why would anyone want to go there?
Pastor Paul Cummings said this morning in his sermon that Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is a great place to be from.  It’s not a great place to be.  Jesus could [...]