Church Under the Oaks Now that certain restrictions have been lifted for the coronavirus pandemic, our church is going to meet outside. The song (for those old enough to remember) below indicates some of the sentiment our congregation...
Soap and Hand Sanitizers COVID-19 has made me remember to wash my hands, which I have never done so often as in the last couple of months. I have developed a sense of germ-phobia that manifests itself whenever I walk in or out of a store. I...
COUSIN BILL’S SPIRITUAL JOURNEY When I saw the Worship Guide last Sunday morning with the Silent Meditation quote from Frederick Buechner, (“Keep on coming to God’s door…”), I teared up for a couple of...
The New Normal When I was studying psychology in college, one of my courses was “Abnormal Psychology.” Now, I can’t remember much about it, so I went online to look at a university syllabus. I found the subject was related to...
Remembering our Mothers June 1, 1972, started out like many other days. We had been living in a remote village in the Southern Highlands of Papua, New Guinea, not quarantined but certainly “isolated” from any English-speaking...