Pastor Tom's Journal

 Romans 8:31-39 (NRSV) What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us f...

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Skating in the Garden in High Heels under my Alb.: RIP Edward M. Kennedy, February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) Wonderful reflection by Pastor Joelle Colville-Hanson. My thoughts: Senator Edward Kennedy, 77, dies - the end of an era

Thanks, Mike. We all miss you.

Very tender and thoughtful

There is a chuckle value here along with an interesting thought jolt. I hope you enjoyed it.

Lewis was not converted by argument. He comes to the conclusion that the story of Jesus is differentiated from other myths in that it is a true myth along his journey toward genuine faith in Jesus Christ based upon the power of eye-witness accounts. Lewis had to sneak past the watchful dragons of self-consciousness. It was on a trip to the zoo with his brother that he realized that he believed, like a man who, after a long sleep, becomes aware that he is now awake."

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Deacon Fred Kandra has posted a moving tribute to Jane Wyman with information about her faith and commitment that I did not know. The Deacon's Bench: Jane Wyman: buried in a habit It always warms the heart to hear of people with large public profiles who love God and humbly serve Him. i especially love the comment from her son, Michael RWeagan that she was in the business of building men and not boys.