Love Lifted Me

I am one of those members who enjoy talking with the pastor about his sermon after the service. I know Mike has had a breath of release as I have not been able to walk out; so I don’t hold up others in line to speak to him. One Sunday in the late fall of 2010 he...

Miracles

Sunday, June 1, 1997, was not a typical day in the life of the Joneses. It began differently from most Sundays in our lives and most certainly ended differently. Tennis at 7:00 am is not on my normal agenda for a Sunday morning but I agreed to substitute for Ed Pruden...

A Glimpse of Faith

I retired as Director Physical Plant, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, in June 1997.  I often dealt with some of the men in the Motor Pool and got to know a few of them a little better than others. Once of these men was named John Stockman, who worked as a bus...

Deliberate Compassion

I wrote this reflection in July, a month after returning to the east coast from California, and only a few weeks before moving to Johannesburg, South Africa. It’s hard to be home. Not physically in Virginia, or driving down Richmond streets, or sitting in my kitchen....

In Bright Mansions Above

Last Sunday Kara Harman sang an emotionally moving solo of “In Bright Mansions Above,” a spiritual arranged by K Lee Scott.. The words and melody are uplifting for anyone who has experienced a personal loss or has lived with adversity over a period of time. The words...