Blessed Be the Tie …

Blessed Be the Tie …

A few weeks ago, I was getting ready to go out of town and decided that I wanted to take a necktie. And then I thought, “Heck! When was the last time I actually wore a necktie?” You see, on Sundays – the main tie-wearing day for a lot of pastors – I always...
Christmas in June!

Christmas in June!

I am writing this on Thursday, June 11 – a date that is 197 days before Christmas – but I am excited to say that this morning, at a small gathering of people in our Fellowship Hall, the topic of conversation was all about Christmas. For more than 30 years,...
Getting Into the Weeds of the “Why’s”

Getting Into the Weeds of the “Why’s”

As I mentioned in last week’s Weekly Word, over the summer, we will be looking at the first part of the Book of Order of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Each Sunday, we will take a portion of the “Foundations of Presbyterian Polity” section of the Book of Order. In...