In Memorium

I never knew Mary before the Alzheimers had set in. To her each meeting with me was brand new. Every time we met she would tell me how lovely I was. Maybe we should all look at our meetings with others as brand new - wipe the slate clean, cancel the bill. Or as Paul put it:

Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Now There Were In The Church That Is In Spencer

certain prophets and teachers; as Floyd, and Tom, and Larry, and Mark which had been Pastor for 15 years. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Mark for the work whereunto I have called him. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on him, they sent him away.

They say you should put your own name in John 3:16 to make it personal. I've just discovered that it's even better to be able to put my church's name in the book of Acts because what has just happened in my church is exactly what happened in the Scriptures. It's with a sense of anticipation that I look forward to the next chapter.



Rise up O men of God,
Have done with lesser things.
Give heart and soul and mind and strength,
To serve the King of Kings,
To serve the King of Kings.

Rise up O men of God,
His Kingdom tarries long,
Bring in the day of brotherhood,
And end the night of wrong,
And end the night of wrong.

Rise up O men of God,
The Church for you doth wait.
Send forth to serve the needs of men
In Christ our strength is great,
In Christ our strength is great.

Lift high the Cross of Christ,
Tread where His feet have trod,
As brothers of the Son of Man,
Rise up O men of God,
Rise up O men of God.

Rise up O men of God,
Have done with lesser things.
Give heart and soul and mind and strength,
To serve the King of Kings,
To serve the King of Kings.

Quote of the Day

It is a profound irony that the Son of God visited this planet and one of the chief complaints against him was that he was not religious enough.

Rebecca Manley Pippert
Out of the Saltshaker & into the World: Evangelism as a Way of Life