Martin the Cobbler is a story that was written by Leo Tolstoy in 1885. Martin is a shoemaker and a good one at  that. He has experienced much grief in his life and began to deny God because of the los...  Read More

 Before you know it, a new year will be upon us. And one of the traditions that still is a part of New Year’s Eve  is the singing of “Auld Lan Syne”. It is a ditty that was written by Robert Burns and...  Read More

  I was Pastor to a dear friend for 30 years. And when you live alongside someone for that amount of time you  end up with a lot of interactions. One time I was leaving after our worship service, and ...  Read More

 There are so many things that I love about Christmas and the Christmas season. In a way it looks like many  folks get kind of “infected” by the season and there seems to be a new kind of joy and even...  Read More

Most of us hate to wait. We live in a culture where we want stuff instantly. We chafe at having to stand in line  or sit in a drive-through and that microwave just can’t cook that food fast enough. If...  Read More

 It is Thanksgiving and on this day, I will remember those followers of Jesus from England who traveled across  the Atlantic Ocean for weeks and ended up in the wrong spot of this land called America....  Read More