I loved her and spent time with her and visited her as often as I could for over 50 years…and I never knew her  name. Well, at least not her full name. Mostly because I just called her “Grandma Petti...  Read More

I didn’t try and certainly didn’t mean to…but I found a treasure! I send out trivia questions to friends regularly  and they get a chance to test their knowledge of all kinds of things. I have a whole...  Read More

 I was reading the first chapter of Luke yesterday and I was struck again by the interaction between the priest,  Zechariah and the angel Gabriel. The setting is that Zechariah was chosen to do someth...  Read More

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