The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. – Psalm 23:1 (KJV) What does this verse mean to you? Have you ever uttered it before? When did you say this verse? Did you need comforting? Does this verse tell you anything about how to lead your life? If so what? The following is a [...]

A few weeks back, I opened the teaching in worship with an illustration about an overpriced mansion in Door County, Wisc. I said that it would be a tough sell anywhere in this housing market, but the fact that the $23 million estate was located in Wisconsin made it doubly hard, despite the pet mausoleum that [...]

One Sunday morning a couple of weeks ago, I was about to leave for the church. It was my normal Sunday morning. Up to dress, drink some coffee, go over the sermon, get ready to go. Sometimes things become so normal to me I forget how precious the moment is, or could be if I [...]

Mrs. Bertha Sproul of Albany died August 19, 2010 at the Willson Hospice House.Funeral services will be Monday August 23, 2010 10 AM at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. Rev. Finbarr Stanton officiating. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Greensburg, PA, Mrs. Sproul has lived most of her life in Albany where [...]

After a first and second admonition, have nothing more to do with anyone who causes divisions, since you know that such a person is perverted and sinful, being self-condemned. – Titus 3:10-11 (NRSV) Have you ever caused divisions? What did you do? Did people offer you the chance to repent? Did you? What happened? Have [...]