Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,  I hope you had a good Thanksgiving! It was such a joy to share Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday with our new friends from DRC and many others! Thanks so much to the Basement Bunch for...

What a joy to gather this year for Thanksgiving dinner as a church family!  Sunday, Nov. 20If you can, bring a salad or dessert to share. I hope you can be there -- the meal is provided -- just bring a salad or dessert to...

Veterans Day is the day in the U.S. that we honor all those who have worn the nations's uniform. Not surprisingly, many countries have a day for honoring Veterans -- in Canada and Great Britain it it is called Remembrance...

Last weekend I visited a Dia de los Muertos festival in Nashville, Tennessee which is a festival developed mostly in Mexico but is celebrated in many countries. Dia de los Muertos ("Day of the Dead") corresponds with All Saints' Day, and...

There's a lot that happens outside my office window.  Milkweed grows there for one thing -- that wonderful food for monarch butterflies. Someone called Josh in the church office with a request about harvesting the milkweed for...

Have you ever started a question with the words, "I've been meaning to ask..."?  It is a question that implies you'd like to know someone better. You're respectfully curious and you've developed enough of a relationship that you...

FROM THE VOICE ON THE VILLAGE GREEN, 1974: If everyone had cooperated like the weather, it would have been a complete failure. But the Bazaar is not weather, or planning, or selling, it is PEOPLE working together for a common...

The most important migratory corridor in north America is deep south Texas.  There is a wonderful documentary on Netflix right now called Birders (2019 short; directed by Otilia Portillo Padua; produced by Gael...

No Regrets.  it's a common phrase these days and makes as much sense as that famous movie line from the 1960's, "Love means never having to say you're sorry." You've never really loved if you've never said I'm...

Think about it -- how many dollars have been raised over 50 years of Fall Fare! Think about the hard work, the times of fellowship, the feelings of accomplishment. The Lord has blessed the work of Fall Fare.It's a lot to...