14 Wednesday Feb 2007
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Two of my blogger friends already posted this, but I received this as an email from several in my congregation, so I thought I’d share it with you.
For God so loVed the world,
That He gAve
his onLy
BegottEn
SoN
That whosoever
Believeth In Him
Should Not perish,
But have Everlasting life.
14 Wednesday Feb 2007
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Today, Pam and I celebrate 20 wonderful years together. God has blessed our marriage and we are in love now more than ever. We have been blessed with three wonderful children. In typical Valentine’s Day fashion, we will not celebrate today, but tomorrow.
Pam was attending United Wesleyan College in Allentown and I was all prepared to celebrate Valentine’s Day with her. Her dad was the basketball coach of the men’s team at UWC. Pam was the stat keeper. She was away that day, so the tradition of celebrating Valentine’s Day on February 15 was born and there have not been many that have been celebrated on Valentine’s Day. On the upside the restaurants will be less crowded tomorrow!
14 Wednesday Feb 2007
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This Sunday our church will be joing with churches all over the United States in singing “Amazing Grace.” Many Wesleyan churches will also be joining in the singing. I’m hoping to use a wonderful new version of the song by Chris Tomlin.
Part of the reason that churches are celebrating this Sunday is to remember the end of the slave trade in England thanks to the efforts of William Wilburforce. John Newton, who wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace,” was a redeemed slave trader.
I am proud to be part of a denomination that was part of the abolition of slavery here in the United States. For a little more background, here’s a sermon I preached last year on “Our Wesleyan Legacy.” Unfortunately, even in our enlightened world today there are still people trapped in slavery. World Hope International is an organization committed to the cause of stopping human trafficking. Click on the link to learn more. God’s grace is truly amazing.
14 Wednesday Feb 2007
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Our old hometown is getting ready for a BIG winter storm. Everyone has been asking how they are fairing with all the snow. The area that has been getting all the snow is to the west about two hours of this map. We lived just about at the top of the 4 in 14-24.” Schools are already closed as they prepare for this major storm. We were watching Fox News tonight when they mentioned Saratoga Springs was getting 18-30.” That was where we did most of our shopping. Now that’s what I call snow.
My blogging friend, Mark Wilson, shared this about balmy Wisconsin…It applies to the area of upstate New York we lived in.
60 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in Wisconsin plant gardens.
50 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Superior sunbathe.
40 above zero:
Italian & English cars won’t start.
People in Wisconsin drive with the windows down.
32 above zero:
Distilled water freezes.
The water in Hayward gets thicker.
20 above zero:
Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in Wisconsin throw on a flannel shirt.
15 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Wisconsin have the last cookout before it gets cold.
Zero:
People in Miami all die.
People in Wisconsin close the windows.
10 below zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico
People in Wisconsin get out their winter coats.
25 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Wisconsin are selling cookies door to door.
40 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Wisconsin let the dogs sleep indoors.
100 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Wisconsinites get upset because they can’t start the Mini-Van.
460 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale.)
People in Wisconsin start saying…”Cold ’nuff fer ya?”
500 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Wisconsin public schools will open 2 hours late.
