Great Calm

One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they started out. As they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. Suddenly a strong wind blew down on the lake, and the boat began to fill with water, so that they were all in great danger. The disciples went to Jesus and woke him up, saying, “Master, Master! We are about to die!” Jesus got up and gave an order to the wind and to the stormy water; they quieted down, and there was a great calm. Then he said to the disciples, “Where is your faith?” But they were amazed and afraid, and said to one another, “Who is this man? He gives orders to the winds and waves, and they obey him!”

Dear Friends,

It WAS a dark and stormy night on Wednesday Evening. It was raining hard; the wind was blowing, and a tree fell which resulted in the closing of Tennessee Valley Road just…

Resolutions And Stuff

“Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal. For your heart will always be where your riches are.”
Matthew 6:19-21

Dear Friends,

I loved George Carlin as a comedian. He was a genius when it came to words and the American culture. One of his famous routines was “A Place For All My Stuff.” In one of…

The Light Shines In The Darkness

In the beginning the Word already existed; the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 From the very beginning the Word was with God. 3 Through him God made all things; not one thing in all creation was made without him. 4 The Word was the source of life,[a] and this life brought light to people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out. 6 God sent his messenger, a man named John, 7 who came to tell people about the light, so that all should hear the message and believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came to tell about the light. 9 This was the real light—the light that comes into the world and shines on all people.

John 1:1-9

Dear Friends,

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas.

The day I write this blog is December 21. The sun rose at 7:21 a.m. It will set at 4:54 p.m. That means the sun will be up for 9 hours, 32 minutes and 52 seconds. On December 20, the sun was…

A Burden Lifted

4 But when the right time finally came, God sent his own Son. He came as the son of a human mother and lived under the Jewish Law, 5 to redeem those who were under the Law, so that we might become God's children. 6 To show that you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who cries out, “Father, my Father.” 7 So then, you are no longer a slave but a child. And since you are his child, God will give you all that he has for his children. – Galatians 4:4-7

Friends,

I had a burden lifted today. I made the last payment on my car. That lifts a big monthly burden off my back.

Perhaps you have heard of several people paying for all the…