“Make and Female He Made Them” The Bible tells us that after God created Adam, the first human, He gave Adam an assignment. He was to give all the animals a name. God brought the animals to Adam, and Adam gave them their names by which they would be called.The reason God gave Adam this…
A Difficult Word , With Lasting Impact There are some words that are difficult to say, like aluminium or mischievously, or anemone, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. Not only are these troublesome to pronounce, I’m not sure what they mean in some cases.But, the most difficult word to say is “sorry”, personalizing it to be , “I…
Everyone Can Use A Shelter, Sometimes Today I see people running for shelter. The rain is heavy and the drops are large. They hurt when they strike my skin. There was a song many years ago, “Raindrops keep falling on my head… So I just did some talking to the sun, and I said I…
A Prayer With Eternal Relevance. All over this world, in unlimited languages and most every culture the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr has been uttered as a means for hope, and affirmation that God has not left us to ourselves. This prayer establishes a firm foundation for not giving up or giving in to our…
“It’s All The Same, Until Jesus Joins” Eugene Peterson gives a brief but encouraging word for those of us who need some restarts in life. His comments are from The Message, page 1177 comments on Luke 5:1-11.All of us experience failure. We fail at many things and in many ways. These failures are painful. Sometimes…
Meditation with Pastor Tom Everyone wants a blessing. We often hear the expression, “May God bless you”, or “Beblessed, go with my blessings”.To be blessed is a really good thing. It is a wonderful gift to receive a blessing from someone you admire, a treasure filled with hope and promise As I age, growing older,…
Let God Be Who He Is Recently we witnessed the selecting an installing of a new leader for the Roman Catholic Church. We have a new Pope, Leo XIV. What a daunting responsibility, to be the leader and guide for more than a billion people who belong to the Roman Catholic Church, but also for…
Meditate with Pastor Tom Recently I visited some old friends. As we talked and laughed we often said, “do you remember when…?”. And then we would recall an event or experience and laugh together. There are some things that are of such great impact and significance that they should be remembered frequently . We should…
By Pastor Tom We celebrated Easter just a short time ago. The music was spectacular and powerful. There were flowers and fancy dresses and colorful shirts, happy expressions and joyful greetings. I love Easter. I wore my new suit. It was yellow, my favorite color. I must say, I turned a few heads and received…
By: Pastor Tom Recently I was cleaning out my room. There were a few boxes stacked in a corner and I wondered what could be in them. They had been there untouched for some time. The boxes had no markings or lists as to indicate what they contained. I took them one by one, and…
