Time Flies
I recently read an article that plays tongue and cheek with the symptoms of aging. Of course aging is relative. For example Mr. Donald Brubaker, dear friend of the Westgate family, always says to me “Good Morning Young Man” or “Good afternoon Young Man.” When he says this I always smile because I no longer […]
Perspectives
My friends in Christ, have you ever marveled over how two or three people can hear or witness something and have completely different recollections of what in truth took place? Have you ever wanted to shake the living daylights out of a friend or spouse or relative and say…”Are you kidding me, that’s not […]
The Lion and the Lamb
It has been a human desire for hundreds of years to make accurate weather predictions. Oral and written history are full of rhymes and anecdotes meant to guide us in our prediction of weather, fair or foul. For the farmer waiting to plant, or the merchant wanting to send a ship for trade, foreknowledge of […]
Memory
Some years ago I volunteered to do visitations on a regular basis in a County Nursing Home. I became sensitized to the expression “short term and long term memory.” Social workers and nurses would sometimes warn me that certain residents I was visiting had “long term memory…but no short term memory” or in less frequent […]
Be Humble Lest Ye Stumble
Micah 6:8 “He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what the does the Lord requires of you but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God” Proverbs 16:18 “Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.” How often must we learn this basic truth, […]
Facing the Truth about Our Faces
2 Corinthians 3:18 “Our faces, then, are not covered. We all show the Lord’s glory, and we are being changed to be like him.” I have learned over many years that communication on the surface is about words, but behind the curtain it is all about so much more. One learns, refines, and deliberately sharpens […]
New Year Challenge
“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then […]
Making Room
Revelation 3:20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. At this time, on the heels of Thanksgiving, come all the pressure to do holiday shopping. In fact, before Thanksgiving dinner was served, there people were literally camping-out in front of the big box retail stores. There they are waiting for admission to […]
Creating Courage
While on vacation I spent some time in Ocean City Maryland and at the end of the Board Walk is the amusement ride section. Board Walks are fascinating places if you find intrigue in observing a broad cross section of people. As I was walking past a young man near the entry to a somewhat […]
Waiting for Advent
Good morning…today we are going to talk about waiting. We all need to wait sometimes…and just to illustrate what it is like to wait I have an hour glass that I am going to turn over…and I want each of you to be completely silent until all of the sand is completely at the bottom…wait…wait…wait. […]