Bittersweet Farm
I was strolling through Sam’s Club the other day and noticed a pallet in the isle stacked with cases of ten-pound bags of navel oranges. I bought a bag. They were big and bright and promising. They weren’t the sweetest oranges I have ever enjoyed but they brought back a sweet memory. [Read more…] about A Case of Oranges
Four of the bookcases are done. This evening I filled them with books.
This is the outer study. The library is in the inner study.
Here you can see both.
The wonderful people of Evangel Baptist Church have provided me with everything I need to study, and pray, and prepare messages and teachings to feed, teach, and encourage the flock. Sometimes I will write the Stonebridge here–sometimes at home. I thought you might to want to be able to “imagine” the place where I study, and pray, and write.
Chuk has been asked to be the Youth Pastor at First Baptist Church in Sister Bay, WI. He will move there the first of the year. I will miss him. He has been the “son of my right hand” for the last six years, since his oldest brother, Kyle launched out to missionary work, college, marriage, and ministry. First Baptist is on the beautiful Door Peninsula. Lois and I drove by this church on our anniversary trip in September.
The Bob Thayer family was driving thorugh Pierpont in northeast Ohio and knew I would be interested in this photo. Some day I want to be the honorary mayor of this town.
The Five Points of Criticism…. this is worth reading.
Sunday we were welcomed to our new church. What a happy day. We are all moved in to our new home in time for the Christmas season. The people are so friendly. The music is so beautiful. It is a very joyful, exciting time.
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday night at 6:00 p.m. the Evangel Adult Choir and Children’s Choir will present a concert of Christmas music. Wondrous Gift. The church is beautifully decorated for Christmas. The Lord has even sent a manageable dusting of snow, so it really looks like Christmas around here.
BOOKCASES
Some of the retired men are building in floor-to-ceiling bookcases in my study at the church to house my library, so you can imagine how thrilled I am about that. It would mean so much to me if you would pray for me. It is a big, wonderful, humbling, job. I love being a pastor. The people here have been without a Senoir Pastor for about two-and-a-half years, so we feel very special and we have a very real sense of dependance on the Lord.
This is a photo of case #1. You can see a copy of Sunset on Summer there. If you want me to send you some of my new book for Christmas giving, let me know. Why go out there and fight the traffic when you don’t have to.
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