Today is the first day of the new year! I always come to this day with a sense of hope and  expectation…because it is a whole year filled with possibilities and opportunities! I get that it is just th...  Read More

  The pastor was invited by a family from church to join them for lunch the next Sunday after worship. They had  a beautiful meal, and they brought out the best china and silverware. It was a delightf...  Read More

People have told me that I have my father’s sense of humor and his eyes. And I have my mother’s shorter  stature and her love of sports. They are gone now and I also inherited some keepsakes that are ...  Read More

I watched an incredible 49er game against the Chicago Bears last night. I pulled my portable stationary bike  into the family room, and I watched every moment of that exciting game. I watched what ind...  Read More

My family gave me a small stuffed Jiminy Cricket (from the movie “Pinocchio”) some years ago. In the movie  I remember him singing “When You Wish Upon A Star”. The first stanza says:  “When you wish u...  Read More

The second chapter of the gospel of Matthew starts with wise men who had traveled many miles in search for  “the newborn King of the Jews”. The account we have tells us that these wise men and their e...  Read More