I was reading a passage from the Old Testament and I found the wording quite curious “The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord.” (Joshua 9:14) This verse is part of a longer story when the Gibeonites deceived the Israelites. To give the Israelites the idea that the Gibeonites lived far away they artificially aged their clothes and provisions. This way the leaders of Israel would…
Read MoreTeen Camp: A Place That Makes A Difference
Recently I went to teen camp. Not because I am a teenager, but because I was asked to bring greetings and to serve communion. The trip was a wonderful walk down memory lane. While there at Shiloh Park, I remembered that it was 50 years ago this summer that I was entering the 7th grade and I attended Jr. High camp at this same campground. Remember I was just a…
Read MoreThat Was Easy Not!
How many times have I had to hit the reset button? Too many to count! It goes all the way back to childhood. I thought I was going a particular direction and it did not work out. I went to college as an education major and received the call to preach. Today I had another conversation with a young man who has had to hit the reset button…
Read MoreWhat are we to do?
Choices, they are everywhere. Not only are they all around us, we have a multitude of choices for the most common of decisions and the most mundane of tasks. Robert Frost must have known something of this when he penned the following words: “I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- Took the one lass travelled by…
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