Reflections from Pastor Tim
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2009
One of the first memories I have of my childhood was praying with my grandmother and my mother before bedtime. “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” Now that I think of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2009
There have been few weeks in my lifetime like this past one. Since last summer, I have watched with great interest from the election forward how this young (relatively young, at least) senator from Illinois coped with what was coming his way. Whether he sought it or not, it was most definitely now a part [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2009
There is much controversy this time around about prayer, pray-ers and the use of God as part of the inaugural ceremony for our 44th president, Barack Obama. What is the big deal? In my lifetime (I was born during the Truman years and became aware of such things during Eisenhower’s presidency) God has always been [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2009
“Life is a carnival, a song by “The Band,” from the good old days. Some of the lines are so descriptive of what we see currently. They guy with a jinx in the third degree in the house of mirrors with another hocking watches, six on each arm and two more on his feet. [...]