Musings

Psalm 22

You may say I’m a week late–I say I’m 51 weeks early–to discuss how the 22nd Psalm, which was written hundreds of years before the time of Jesus, prophesies His crucifixion. If I’m going to posit that the prophecies of the Bible point to its veracity, as I certainly did in last week’s message, then I should highlight more…

A letter from your Pastor

My Dear Fellow Pilgrims: These are certainly times that shape our characters, and our souls! In the middle of March, we were asked to soldier through “14 Days to Slow The Curve.” It’s ended up to be a wee bit more than 14 days, but thankfully, the curve was brought under control. We pray for…

Her Chains are Gone

Anna, The Belle. Always took negatives and turned them into positives. She was a spitfire. Happy, but feisty. Goofy. Silly Class Clown – with some potty humor thrown in. Karen and Darrel received tremendous help and support from the Aicardi Group to which they belonged. The Aicardi group formed to help the family and loved…

A recent letter to the editor of the Whitman Hanson Express

Dear Editor – Psychologist Gary Wenk wrote in Psychology Today that “people who are heavy users of marijuana for a prolonged period of time were characterized as suffering from apathy, dullness, lethargy, and impairment of judgment, i.e. the classic amotivational syndrome.”(1) Dr. Ruth Potee, MD of Greenfield MA, recently told an audience in Shrewsbury that…

“Publish Glad Tidings” Part 2

While we were waiting for our meal to arrive, Amos showed me photographs of the trip he had taken last year to one of these forgotten villages. It was as if they were lifted from a slideshow from Mercy Ships. Grotesque faces obscured by massive tumors that had never received care. But there was also…