I was sitting in my study working on a project a couple weeks ago when the secretary put a call through from the hospital chaplain. There was a family in need. I man had died. The family had recently relocated here from the south. They were requesting a Baptist preacher. I drove to the hospital […]
Irritating Neighbors
I have irritating neighbors. I would so much rather live in the country were you don’t have to worry about neighbors. These people are the worst neighbors we have ever had.
Lame Excuse Land
Listen to these classic excuses for not attending church: – I just feel closer to God in the out-of-doors. – I don’t think you have to go to church to worship God. – The church is full of hypocrites. – My parents forced me to go to church when I was young. – I used […]
Harold Hill’s Watermelon Story
Harold Hill told me this story himself. He loved to tell it. After he told me the story if he asked me if I had heard it before I always lied and enjoyed watching him tell it again. It was either true or he had told it so many times that he had the details […]
Retirement
Al and Betty are retired. They have been retired for years and they are spending their retirement years in a unique way. Like many who retire, they bought a travel trailer to rove the county. But unlike many who retire they had no intention of taking it easy.
Spring Thoughts
It’s April tomorrow and we have springtime in our heart at the Pine Street Parsonage.