Last Sunday, I received the sad news that Jeff Denny, a member of my former congregation in Macon, Georgia, had died of cancer. Jeff was 53. On Wednesday of this week, I received word that BPC’s own John Robinson had died after a swift decline in his health. John was...
My father had hip replacement surgery this past Wednesday. According to the surgeon, everything went very well with the surgery and Daddy’s very arthritic hip bones have been replaced and repaired. After the surgery, he sounded great over the phone and I am so...
This past week, when I arrived home from the office, my family was in the backyard. The boys were excitedly digging in the dirt behind our house because they had found the skeleton of a fox. My wife gave me a look that said, “Well. . . I didn’t expect to be doing this...
On Wednesday of this week, there was a shooting in a Colorado high school. Two students were injured and the shooter - another student - died by suicide. This shooting took place twenty minutes after political activist Charlie Kirk was killed in a shooting incident in...
Yes, a plan is afoot for this coming Sunday. . . FALL Welcome Sunday! Big plans are underway for Sunday morning’s worship service - a Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, the return of our Senior Choir, and the start of our Fall Series, “Clothed in Love.” Big plans are...
This past Wednesday evening, the small Catholic elementary school in our neighborhood had a Welcome Back event for all of their students, parents, and teachers. Cars lined our street and families were seen, walking together to and from the school and the church on the...
Happy Friday! I wanted to let you know about three things this week. . . First, I went to visit our Music Director, Barbara Flocco, in the hospital after her shoulder replacement surgery. She was getting ready to be discharged after a successful surgery,...
The mark of a true professional is often how well they perform under difficult circumstances. For many months, our own Barbara Flocco has been the epitome of professionalism. Many of you have probably not noticed that Barbara has been playing the piano...