In the latter part of the 19th century, a young couple left their home in Indiana and homesteaded 190 acres of parched, dry land in Arizona. Life was hard, but they persevered, building a home and having two children, a boy and a girl. One hot summer day, the husband left on one of his…
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Spring is here, and I’m loving it. April showers and warm spring temperatures have brought forth the beauty and glory of new life. Tulips, daffodils and flowering trees of every description are in full bloom, blessing our senses with sights, fragrances and beauties, only God could have dreamed up. When I think about all the…
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Never has the world needed a Savior more than today. Our nation sends drones from afar to destroy and kills Islamic terrorist, while they, (the terrorists), have vowed to kill anyone who is not them. Fearing invasions and preemptive attacks, nations around the globe are posturing and rattling their sabers, hoping, praying, that once known,…
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I’m sure that most of you know what follows, but in the event you have never heard or may have forgotten how our Methodist Book of Worship describes the season of Lent, let me highlight it for you. Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday, (this year…
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It’s winter, the fields are brown and barren and the crop is in the bin. Those of us who live in farm communities know it didn’t get there by accident. We know that farmers, perhaps more than any other profession, practice a special kind of faith. After the crop is planted, they do as much…
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