December 07, 2013 News today, I was going to do 2 days sight seeing with Pastor Thlaawr (pronounced clower) but I have been invited by the General Secretary of the Kachin Baptist Convention to come those days to the capital Myitkyina, to meet with his executive committee about several items, among them the ordination …
Dateline Rangoon, Burma <stop> December 6, 2013 Many things old style in Burma <stop> Wonderful service last night <stop> Pastor from Jamaica<stop> Good sermon on John 15:1-8<stop> Especially since he spoke English.<stop> At least the King’s English.<stop> Hope you were …
Have you ever noticed that people, most people never seem to be happy with what they have? Last year at this time we were suffering through a drought that caused most July 4th fireworks displays to be cancelled. This year, I am pulling up mushrooms in a landscaping bed that gets afternoon sun. Quite a …
It was interesting to awake this morning to 7 inches of snow. Initially, I pulled the covers up and thought, “There has got to be something really big that gets me out of this bed!” Surprisingly, there was. I remembered that one of my favorite things to do with snow in the past was to …
It is said that the bible contains 365 admonitions to “fear not”. I have never really counted them but I will take other people at their word. That sounds about right to me, one “fear not” for every day of the year. Last night all the news casts were heralding an early sping snow that …
I have watched a fair amount of basketball in the last several days. There have been a tremendous number of “upsets” in this year’s tourney. In fact, I read where Yahoo had about 4 million brackets filled by sports fans across the nation. After just 16 games, (there are 52 played in the first week) …
Today is an interesting day in my mind. I had what I consider a good doctor’s appointment on Monday. My new neurosurgeon said, “You are an interesting case but, an interesting case in Medicine isn’t a good thing.” I hold out some hope for a resolution to the lower leg nerve issue but it will …
Today is St Patricks Day, the wearin’ of the green. A simple Irish blessing for today: May your troubles be less And, your blesssings be more, And may much happiness, Come through your door! Happy Lord’s Day. Pastor Jeff
We are here. Of course we are, wherever you are, it is always here. We had a wonderful welcome from our friends last night after we had travelled several hours from Ashville N.C. and the Biltmore Estate. The Biltmore Estate is still owned by a descendant of the original builder, George Washington Vanderbilt II. It …
On this date in 1983, then President Ronald Reagan declared the former USSR “an Evil Empire”. I remember the stir that elicited in the press around the world. Many news people were very quick to jump on Reagan’s statement because of the blatant use of a religious term, “evil”. I also remember talking one afternoon …