Pastor Jim’s Blog
SELF-EVIDENT TRUTHS
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... “I am the way, the truth and the life.” Jesus Wherever we find truth we have found a revelation of God. If that “truth” is found in science, it is of no threat to us. If that “truth” is found in philosophy or some other religious...
REFLECTIONS ON THE MIDDLE EAST
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... This tiny strip of land connecting three continents has been the site of war and conquest throughout human history. It is the place of great battles, the Pharaohs of Egypt sent chariots to conquer it, Joshua fought the battle of...
COURTROOM OR SANCTUARY
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... I have appeared in courtrooms many times over the past 40 years. Only once was I on trial. I suppose that is a bit dramatic, somewhat of an overstatement, but I was the defendant in that case. Someone had used the Trinity Lutheran...
THE BIBLE’S CALL TO CELEBRATE
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... 3000 years ago, the Psalmist wrote these words: “Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!” Psalm 95 Now keep in mind that the life expectancy 3000 years ago was only 25...
SILENT SATURDAY
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... The events of Good Friday are gruesome and painful. It is not the kind of story that I would tell in detail to our Trinity Preschoolers. The savage violence has always been a regrettable part of the human story and it is sad to say that...
KINDNESS ALL AROUND
Today’s Word from Deacon Amy... Kindness has been a big topic around here lately. We have a group meeting on Fridays to discuss a book about kindness, which has sparked conversations in several other places as well. I have a favorite t-shirt that has the words...
HOLY WEEK MUSINGS
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... This Sunday we will descend the Mount of Olives in a parade of palms, as Jesus enters the Holy City of Jerusalem for the last time. There were thousands along the pilgrim path that day. Peasants from small villages and religious...
ANONYMOUS LETTERS
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Thank you for reading, for sending me emails, for your kind words, and for your gentle reminders that I don’t have all the answers. I read every letter, email, and text. I enjoy conversations that are sparked by the power of the written...
LAW AND GOSPEL
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... It was drummed into us at Seminary. Each sermon must find a balance between the law and the gospel. The law and our genuine inability to live up to the law, offers us a constant reminder of our human failings. This part of the sermon is...
HANG ON!
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Ask them, just ask one of the elders of our community about a dark time in their lives. Their stories of survival will inspire wonder. The human condition is one of beautiful brokenness. No one escapes, no one is unscathed in life, but...
FILES
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... After 38 years of parish ministry, I have a vast assortment of files. Multiple file cabinets, computers and somewhere in the Cloud there are literally hundreds of files. There is a file of thank you notes that bring a smile to my face....
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO BE HAPPY
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... I have officiated at more than 900 funerals and half that many weddings. Weddings are technically harder, there is more choreography, there are more clients to please, the hosts feel an obligation to provide lavish hospitality for their...
I DO IT MYSELF
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... “What I've found in my research is that realism and self-honesty are the antidote to ego, hubris, and delusion.” - Ryan Holiday The transition happens twice. The first is rather predictable, the second is most certainly inevitable. In...
PLAYING GOD
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... She was dying. She was also 34 years old. Her two children and her husband were by her side at Whidbey General Hospital. She was dying but she had been dying for some time; fighting cancer, hoping against hope that she could live to...
THIS ETERNAL NOW
Today’s Word from Sheila Wiedendorf... I think a lot about grace these days, and about the futility of trying to organize time (I think they are related matters!). Yes, of course there are schedules to consider—appointments to keep, rehearsals to begin at the...
“DO SOMETHING SON!”
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... I played a lot of golf with my father. He grew up on a farm in the Great Depression. It was a family farm; it just did not belong to the Lindus family. The farm belonged to the Watsons. They owned the farm and a few others in Dekalb...
INTENTION
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... To be quite honest, I have no idea what waits for us on the other side. Will the streets be paved with gold? Will there be streets at all? If there are heavenly choirs, would they have room for one like me who cannot carry a tune in a...
WHAT WILL YOU SOW?
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... ”Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God...
SITTING SHIVA
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... “For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven, a time to weep and a time to dance.” Ecclesiastes 3 Felicia was born in Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, New York in the Spring of 1962. The hospital was not...
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... The words of Jesus, “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.” Matthew 6:28-29 The year is coming to an end, 2023 will...
Handshake and a Hug, Before It’s Too Late
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... There is no shortage of sad stories, two Kleenex boxes have permanent residence in my office, urns and cremains surround me waiting silently for their slow procession to the columbarium. Every human journey is marked by illness and...
ET Phone Home: The importance of checking in.
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... My mother spent a lot of time worrying. She worried every time her children left home. After 9/11 when I set off on a tour to Europe she sent me a sweatshirt bearing the flag of Canada. She said, “I will feel better if you wear this...
THE LITURGY OF GIVING
Today’s Word from Pastor Tom... There is a gentleman I play golf with who is what I might generously refer to as “methodical." Others refer to him as agonizingly slow, as in, “Hit the flipping ball, let’s go!”. If someone dares mutter such a comment that’s the...
Favored
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... The Lord God created them male and female in God’s image. It is our earliest shared human story, our genesis from the book of Genesis, our beginning in the heart of a creative and loving God. Creation is not some accident of an...
Touching the Future
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... “A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children.” Proverbs 13:22 Ruby Knudson lived a simple life, dedicated to her family, her church, and her community. She was a teacher and the mother of two boys, Lydell and...
Nothing Matters
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... “Since we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, we are justified by God’s grace as a gift.” - The Apostle Paul. “Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more... And grace means there is nothing we can do...
Unintended Consequences
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Felicia and I were sitting in a hot tub soothing our tired muscles after hiking ten miles through Zion National Park. The Sun was getting lower in the sky as we talked about the beauty of God’s creation while planning to visit Snow...
Living in the End Times
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... I have been reading my Bible and watching the news and I am most certainly convinced that we are living in the end times. The war in Ukraine, the war in Israel/Palestine, natural disasters, Congressional leaders, UFO sightings, and the...
The War to End All War
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... My writings come out like clockwork at the sixth hour of the sixth day of the week. Each Saturday morning, they greet you as you wake, sitting by your first cup of coffee, they offer you the opportunity for reflection, perhaps on...
On this Veteran’s Day Holiday
We thank all of our TLC Veterans. We invite you to wear your service uniforms this Sunday November 12th. You served with honor and distinction. We give thanks for your faithful service.
The Mystery of Coincidence
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... I believe that there is such a thing as pure coincidence. Random things happen all the time. If Felicia and I show up at a function in the same color of clothes, trust me it is a coincidence. If we show up in the same clothes, it is an...
Party, Party, Party!
Today's Word from Pastor Jim... Blessed to be a Blessing! We have been blessed richly by God, but we are never blessed in isolation, we are blessed that we can be a blessing to others. For 70 years Trinity Lutheran Church has stood at the crossroads of South Whidbey...
We Are Not Alone
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” Psalm 19:1 It was sometime during our four-hour technical hike in the wilds of Snow Canyon State Park in Utah that the thought occurred to us. As we...
Small but Significant
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Felicia and I had the privilege of biking and hiking through Zion National Park on a crisp clear October day. The journey began by renting bicycles, adjusting our helmets, and proceeding to the National Park entrance where I was...
A 70th Anniversary Celebration!
On November 1st, 2023, Trinity Lutheran Church will mark 70 years of ministry in Freeland! This little church began with the vision of our 37 Charter Members, most of whom were children. They had no land, no money, no staff, and they shared a pastor with our mother...
Off to College
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... I spend a lot of time with the spoken word and in correspondence thanking you all for your generous support of the many ministries of Trinity Lutheran Church. In 2022 your church gave away more than a half million dollars. This money...
Before There Were Roads
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... The August 31st publication of the journal “Science” reported on a new study done collaboratively with scientists in China, Italy, and the United States. According to their research, 900,000 years ago planet earth had a human population...
Do you hear voices?
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... I am guessing that most of us have a wide array of voices echoing through the vast expanses of our gray matter. Some of those voices echo sweet, tender words, words that we hold onto like treasure. It was a day that I never will forget,...
Angels and Priests
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... The Priesthood of all Believers is active at TLC. What does it mean to be ordained as a priest in the waters of baptism? Don’t stress, no one is going to ask you to give up your spouse or take a vow of poverty. Martin Luther’s...
Imagine
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Imagine if you will, Whidbey Island without Trinity Lutheran Church. There would be no cross illuminating the sky high above Freeland. Preschoolers would have no place to go. Families would experience heightened anxiety. Some of our...
Standing on the Shoulders
Today’s Word From Pastor Jim... Who said we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us? Sir Isaac Newton, the famous English Scientist, was by all accounts a genius. Born in 1642, Newton was a visionary genius who helped lead the Scientific Revolution and...
Born on Second Base
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... The Mariners are fighting for a playoff spot. Many of us are old enough to remember the Mariners “refuse to lose” season in 1995. Making a remarkable playoff run and then beating the Yankees seemed like a miracle. In that final Yankee...
Afflict the Comfortable
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...“I will rejoice and be glad in your gracious love, for you see my affliction and take note that my soul is distressed.” Psalm 31:7More than a hundred years ago, Finley Peter Dunne coined a phrase that was meant to epitomize...
Most People are Good!
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...The brief order for confession and forgiveness that many of us grew up with began with this statement:“Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and...
Miracles happen- this was not one!
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... We are followers of Jesus Christ. We are the disciples of Jesus today. Jesus sent his disciples forth into a broken world, a world populated by broken people, and he told them to expect miracles. “With God all things are possible.” ...
Looking to Fall
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...I know that it is still July, and we have many long days of summer left but soon it will be back to school time, football season and time to resume our Fall schedule. After much prayerful deliberation, we have decided to...
I Am Proud of You!
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...It was an honor to be invited to attend a special Rotary Club luncheon a few weeks ago. The occasion was the installation of Tom Eckhart as the next President of the Rotary Club of South Whidbey Island.It gives me joy and...
Sunday is the Lord’s Day!
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...This Sunday at TLC we will be celebrating as three adults in our parish are baptized. They will join the five children who have or will be baptized in a summer of baptisms.One of our partners in ministry is Lutheran World...
The Wisdom to Know the Difference
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... He was born on the longest day of the year, June 21st, 1892, in Wright, Missouri. His parents were immigrants. His father was a pastor, in their home only German was spoken. He attended Elmhurst College in Illinois. He would...
The Gift of Grace that Music Is…
Today's Word by Karl Olsen... If you breathe, if your heart beats in your chest—you have music in you. What is a heartbeat if not the foundational rhythm of life? From every parent humming a lullaby to the newborn, to every toe that has ever tapped along to a...
Breaking the Streak
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... I have decided to take the day off from writing. After 40 months of writing several hundred of these pastor missives, I just need a bit of a break. There is a reason that God rested on the seventh day. The creative energy of...
SUMMER SURVEY #3: The Best is Yet to Come
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... We hope that you will join the Church Council this Summer as we talk about the future of our beloved Trinity Lutheran Church. In preparation for a new five-year plan, we will be talking together and listening to each other. Most weeks...
A Place for Patriotism
Today's Word from Pastor Jim...I grew up in the farm fields of Northern Illinois. It was corn and soybean country, the breadbasket of a nation. I played in the fields, Felicia and I joined pretty much every teenager in DeKalb working in the fields of the...
Results of the First Summer Surveys
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim_ The first surveys of Summer were distributed last week. Lively discussions followed and nearly 100 people turned in their surveys! Thank you for joining the conversation and thank you for taking the time to fill out the survey. The...
SUMMER SURVEYS: The Best is Yet to Come – Question #2
SUMMER SURVEYS: The Best is Yet to ComeQuestion #2Today’s Word from Pastor JimWe hope that you will join the Church Council this Summer as we talk about the future of our beloved Trinity Lutheran Church. In preparation for a new five-year plan, we will be...
When I Was a Child I Thought Like a Child
Today's Word from Pastor Jim... This is a photo from worship last Sunday. Cooper and Brooks are cousins, they also happen to be my grandsons. Cooper and Brooks, moved by the Holy Spirit, or restlessness, decided to dance to the closing hymn. They had much to...
SUMMER SURVEYS: The Best is Yet to Come
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... We hope that you will join in with the Church Council this Summer as we talk about the future of our beloved Trinity Lutheran Church. In preparation for a new five-year plan, we will be talking together and listening to each other. Each...
A Ship Set Sail
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... There was a ship preparing to leave the dock for a voyage upon the open sea. Those departing gathered on the deck for the sail away, leaning against the rails of the great liner, hoping to catch a final glimpse of the loved ones who...
A Festive, Joyful Sunday at TLC!
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...Join us June 11th for worship this Sunday at 8 & 10 a.m. This Sunday will be marked by Joy! Come out to worship, fellowship, and celebrate! The service will feature beautiful, uplifting music by our fantastic TLC musicians. There...
How Are Your Roots?
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... “Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is in the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and it leaves shall stay green; in the year of...
Deathbed Insight
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... It has been my privilege, a sacred honor, to be at the deathbed of so many, to experience final moments, and a final breath. Pastor Dan Erlander, my friend, mentor, and partner in ministry at TLC for a decade, shared a deathbed...
Don’t Pray
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...Don’t pray for problems that you are unwilling to address.There is a lot of talk these days about “thoughts and prayers.” I believe in the power of both. Great thinkers have changed the world. All human achievement begins...
It Started With A Vision…
Today's Word From Pastor Jim...It started with a vision. No one else shared the vision; we were after all, growing, expanding our TLC campus and staff. Money was tight, we were in debt; we were following Jesus by extending love and hospitality to our...
How Many Ways Can I Be Grateful?
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... A few weeks ago, on a cold Spring night, David Roth ended his concert in the safety and warmth of our sanctuary with a song about gratitude. The recurring refrain was “How many ways can I be grateful? How many ways?” It was...
Dining at Canlis
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...Jesus said, “Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.” Mark 10:43-44One-time,...
Do You Believe?
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...Do you believe in God? Do you believe in gravity?The oldest confession of faith is this; “In the beginning God created.” This a confession, nothing more. The story goes on to describe creation, but the details of this...
Sitting With Grief
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...“But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb.” - John 20:11I saw you there; sitting with a Kleenex in your hand, wiping the tears from your eyes. I saw you there, as a beautiful garden adorned the chancel, and the choir sang like...
Dark & Quiet
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim...Spring is in the air. The magnolias are blooming at Augusta National; the Mariners are playing baseball, recreational boaters are getting ready to raise the sails, and the days are getting longer and warmer.Tomorrow we will...
The Movement of God
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Tomorrow we descend the Mount of Olives in a parade of palms, as Jesus enters the Holy City of Jerusalem for the last time. There were thousands along the pilgrim path that day, peasants from small villages, and religious zealots with...
Donkeys, Palms, Love, Passion…
Today’s Word from Karl Olsen... They didn’t know what was next. But the excitement was palpable. It was in the air—everyone felt it, even those who knew this could be trouble for them. Excitement, but they just didn’t know… Mary rode into town on a donkey, swollen...
Life Is Not Fair
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... She was 18 years old, about to graduate from high school, looking forward to attending Western Washington University next fall. She worked at the Flower Café in Bayview. She was young and alive, her future was bright, and on March 22 on...
Let’s Get This Straight…
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Jesus said, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the...
God Loves You
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... "Most of us were taught that God would love us if and when we change. In fact, God loves you so that you can change." I think that it is safe to say that most of us would benefit from behavioral changes. The changes that I am talking...
Take Another Shot of Courage
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Sunday we will gather at the altar. Sunday we will join a parade of broken humans, journeying side by side down the center aisle of this safe place we call the sanctuary. We will move slowly with canes and walkers, oxygen tanks trailing...
Why Worship?
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... WHY WORSHIP? God commands us to worship. Worship is not optional for the Christian. God commands that we gather to hear God’s Word, to sing hymns of praise, and to lift our prayers to God. Worship is THE PLACE where the family gathers...
Thoughts for the Journey
Today’s Word from Pastor Tom Kidd... It has not been an infrequent comment of incredulity received when I suggest I am more appreciative of the church season of Lent as opposed to Advent. The Four Sundays of Advent prepare us for Christmas whereas Lent is 40 days (not...
Live Immediately
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... “We are little butterflies flying around for a day, thinking that we will make it forever.” - Carl Sagan This from a brilliant man and scientist who died at Fred Hutchinson in Seattle at the age of 62. On April 12, 1912, William John...
Imago Dei
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... It was the dawn of creation, the seas were teeming with life, birds filled the air, flowers bloomed, trees blossomed, and it was good. On the sixth day of creation, immediately preceding a day of rest, God created humans. God said, “Let...
God’s Love: A Valentine For Us All
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... In just a few days we will celebrate a “red rose” event. A day of romance or romantic recall. A day to celebrate love by exchanging cards or flowers or phone calls or hugs.Sweet words and loving wishes are exchanged each year on the...
Earthquake Disaster Relief
God's children in Turkey and Syria are hurting. Devastating earthquakes have left thousands dead, many still missing, and many more homeless and heartbroken. Lutheran Disaster Response is on the ground right now, offering temporary shelter and critically needed care...
Intention
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... “The grass withers and the flower fades.” Isaiah 40:8 When I was a teenager, it seemed that I was always hungry. I could eat most anytime, and when ordering food at a restaurant, or gathering around the family dinner table, I always...
Inferiority Complex
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... In the days after Christmas, I read historian David McCullough’s gripping biography of our nation’s 33rd President, Harry S. Truman. The book is simply titled, “Truman,” and it begins long before Harry Truman’s birth in May of 1884. The...
Life Sentence… Without Parole
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... In the fall of 2001, I was 42 years old. I had one daughter in High School, one in Middle School, and one in her last year at the Elementary School. At Trinity Lutheran Church, on September 9th, we dedicated a new addition to our campus...
Hold On To Hope
Today's Word from Pastor Jim... "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1 I don't live in a Pollyanna world. I see more heartache and death than the average person. I hear stories, tear-filled stories and...
Free At Last
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... “Free at last, free at last, Thank God Almighty we are free at last.”Martin Luther King, Jr. – August 28, 1963 “Nobody’s free, until everybody’s free.”Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights leader History tells us that the United States has...
My Heart is Full
Today’s Word from Sheila Weidendorf... Oh, how precious are you, am I, are we, Children of God all and so well-crafted in God’s own image! And, too, we are beautiful, with all of our gifts and graces, our failings AND our foibles. Yet, knowing this, believing that God...
Am I Safe?
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... She was cute as a button, swim goggles in place, her pink one-piece suit a perfect complement to her sandy brown hair, which hung in a ponytail off the back of her head. She was three years old, not a grandchild of mine, though she...
REMEMBERING 2022
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... And so it is that 2022 will slip rather silently into the unchanging pages of history. Its story has now been written; the year will not be revisited or relived. It is history. We will remember 2022 as a difficult but remarkable year....
Looking Back / Moving Forward
Today's Word from guest writer Laura Canby... Happy almost New Year! Just a few days days ago at church, Robin Edgeman and I were reflecting how fast the years are passing. I remember my late father telling me that the older one gets, the more time speeds up. I now...
Who Was There?
A Christmas Eve Word from Pastor Jim... Merry Christmas my friends! I hope to see you tonight as we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus. Our 4 p.m. service will include favorite Christmas Carols, special music, and a skit that is sure to delight the young and old....
Don’t Lose the Story
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... I think about her often. She lived in a modest home built by her father. She walked with a limp, and drove a Cadillac. When I came over, we made fudge together. She taught me how to play poker. She was the first person I knew with a...
Cheers!
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... It has been a tough year for those on Wall Street and for those who have IRA or retirement money invested in the financial markets. Not every year on Wall Street is a good year. Many of us have felt some anxiety as our 401K dwindled to...
The Season that Lends Itself to Reminiscing
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... This is a season that lends itself to reminiscing. There are so many memories embedded in the music, customs, food, and festivities of Christmas. Together we will remember the journey of Mary and Joseph as they traveled under the...
All I Want For Christmas
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... What great excitement filled the Lindus household in the 1960’s when the Sears catalog arrived in the mail. Pen in hand, my sister, my brother, and I would take turns thumbing through the most amazing array of toys, gadgets, and...
Thanksgiving
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Your TLC Staff wishes you all a festive, reflective, memorable Thanksgiving 2022. We are thankful for you and for the many ways that you generously support your Church, the Church where everybody’s welcome. The first permanent European...
Reflection on a Rich Man’s Art Collection
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... A week ago, at Christie’s Auction House in New York City, a portion of the art collection of Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, was sold for 1.6 billion dollars. Paul Allen, who also owned the Seahawks, died of cancer four years ago at...
Country Western Sunday
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Join us tomorrow for a worship service featuring Country Western music. “I’ll Fly Away,” “I Saw the Light,” “Keep on the Sunny Side,” and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” are just a few of the upbeat offerings this Sunday. One of the...
The Illusion of Independence
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... Young adults distance themselves from their parents as they seek their independence. Marriages sometimes fail when one party desires the freedom of independence. Senior citizens look to downsize, but they want to remain independent....
Honoring Those Who Served the Cause of Freedom
Today’s Word from Pastor Jim... On a sunshine-drenched fall day one year ago, Felicia and I walked silently through the American Cemetery above the beaches of Normandy. The rows of white crosses stretched toward the heavens above, supported by the meticulously...
An Attitude of Gratitude
Today’s Word from Laura Canby... . Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. – Psalm 100:4 "I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."...