The last two weeks have provided for me a wonderful opportunity to connect with longtime friends. Last week while attending a meeting in Kansas City I was able to sit in church and have lunch with my college roommate. He and I celebrate Birthdays that are two days apart. We have both promised to not tell tales on the other, not for altruistic reasons but for self-preservation. Dan was an…
Read MoreA Time To Reflect
Nearly everyone takes a moment or two this time of year, to reflect on the past year. We are called upon to remember this past year. Remember the political, cultural and financial news. Remember the celebrities who passed away and try to focus on the various situations that were apart of your life the past 12 months. Some keep journals and diaries and read through the events…
Read MoreYou can learn a lot from your friends!
There are a few times when I am participating in a meeting or some event when I wish that I could capture all that is transpiring in order to share it with others at a later time. This week I had one of those experiences. We are in the process of being able to have an assessment process here on our district to assist us with our new starts. Rather…
Read MoreCelebration of Friendship
Friends. Do you have one or any? Sometimes we wonder if we have any friends. Another question is, are you a friend? I have preached from a passage of Scripture in Mark 2 in recent days. There was an individual who was paralyzed. We are told in the Bible that he had four friends. Someone decided enough was enough and that if the circumstances of this poor man was…
Read MoreIn Celebration of friends
Friends! For most of us it is a happy word. I remember when friends were the people you rode your bicycle with on your way to play a baseball game. A friend’s house became some of our first forays into the world outside of our home and family. Eating a meal at a friends table was the first place I got to practice the habits of manners that my grandma…
Read MoreBringing the General Assembly to Mrs. Marjorie Jewell
Mrs. Marjorie Jewell had a fall right before General Assembly. It was discovered that she broke her hip. She is in St. Vincent’s hospital where she is rehabbing her hip. She hopes to be able to come home next week. Dr. and Mrs. Jewell have been married 67 years. Dr. Ken Jewell pastored for 42 years. He was a trustee to Olivet Nazarene university for 33 years. Dr. Jewell…
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