September 2014 Newsletter
Move On Earlier this year, our daughter, son-in-law, and three young grandchildren moved into the one-bedroom apartment downstairs from our flat. While they are renovating and rebuilding their house, they
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July/August 2014 Newsletter
July/August 2014 Newsletter Lithops Theology One day when I visited our late church friend, Diana Ming Chan, she showed me her collection of lithops. I have never seen any plants
June 2014 Newsletter
June 2014 Newsletter Going Away When June comes around, we go away from our year-round homes to new places making them our temporary homes. Going away to a new place
May 2014 Newsletter
After Easter Easter is now 2 weeks ago and for the most part, our focus is no longer on the seven-week of Lent preceding Easter or even the excitement of
April 2014 Newsletter
April 2014 Newsletter Risen Indeed When we are trying to convince someone about something that we believe really happened, we might say, “I’m not kidding! This is true!” Our cynical
March 2014 Newsletter
Let Your Light So Shine “The family that worships together stays together.” That was a media campaign across America when I was growing up in the 50s. Billboards and signs
January/February 2014 Newsletter
January/February 2014 Newsletter Light of Life At Christmas, we celebrated once again that Jesus Christ is the Light of the world and this light shines in the darkness, and the
December 2013 Newsletter
December 2013 Newsletter Christmas Pageant Supporting Actor Growing up in my home church in Boston, we often had a Christmas pageant with all of the roles filled by the Sunday
November 2013 Newsletter
The Light of Life Sitting outside in Danville, while the church staff had lunch as a part of our Fall Staff Retreat to build teamwork and to make plans for
October 2013 Newsletter
Making Commitments Getting us to make commitments today is even harder than in the past. With the transparency of Evite knowing who has responded “Yes, No or Maybe” to an