Read the Text With the arrival of every November, my heart and mind fly back to the year 1973 when our family suffered a string of significant losses. At the beginning of the month that year - November 2nd in fact -  my dad suddenly passed away. Before a year had passed, we had lost both my wife's mom and her dad as well. This was all happening as we were in the midst of a move to a new pastorate, and while we were expecting the birth of our first child. It was a very difficult time for [READ MORE]

  Read the Lectionary Texts I was once over at a distant hospital looking for one of our members who was a patient in the Intensive Care Unit. We don’t have many people go to that hospital so I’m not real familiar with where everything is. I explored the labyrinth of hallways, reading the signs, and finally found one that said CCU Waiting Room. Sometimes the terms CCU and ICU are used interchangeably, so I walked into the waiting room and went to the reception desk. Behind it was a little lady – ancient of days – totally absorbed [READ MORE]