What a week it’s been. Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey and New York in ways that eerily resembled the movie The Day After Tomorrow. We’ve all seen the images of suffering, devastation, grief, and anguish. I was speaking with a man at the Church Fair yesterday who told me he was here because his business…
Late one night this past April, I was standing, in the rain by the side of an unfamiliar road in Bulgaria. I was waiting for a car coming up the hill to pass me so I could run across the street to the warmth of the hotel on the other side. 18 of us from…
4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. 6 Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your…
“If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the…
Last Sunday afternoon a friend from BBC stopped by our house with some homemade cookies right as the kettle was boiling for me to have a cup of tea – it was a lovely treat. Monday afternoon visited with three BBC folks who were at Cape Cod Hospital then that night Jill and I had…
I mentioned two weeks ago that Paul and the Philippians had a strong and affectionate bond; clearly Paul loved them and was proud of them. I can relate to Paul’s feelings this week. Almost two dozen BBC folks have opened their homes and are hosting small groups for this series on Joy and Encouragement in…
When I was a young boy I grew up on four kinds of stories: Bible stories, baseball stories, Dr. Seuss and Disney stories. One of the best known Disney stories then was Cinderella. We had the album – for you youngsters, that is a flat black circle with a small hole in the center that…
In a drawer in my church office are letters and notes that people have written to me through the years. It is nice to be able to go back and re-read nice cards and letters. I hope you have saved some that have meant a lot to you also so you can read them again….
Vision: Our vision is to be a community of loving disciples, growing in spiritual maturity, following Jesus by actively sharing in God’s mission to transform the world. Mission: We seek to be an instrument of the Holy Spirit by sharing God’s love and grace, guiding people to God, and developing fully devoted followers of Jesus….