Opinion

Pastor\'s Blog - \'THE END OF THE WORLD\'

Pastor Lanette S. Van   I Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV) Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief ...

Stop and say \'Thanks!\'

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and today is spent frantically preparing for it. The grocery store is crowded in preparation for the huge feasts we pile on our tables. Families prepare to travel ...

Budget crisis can only be solved by long, boring national discussion

       "Dow Jones plunges as Super Committee fails"      That headline from yesterday's is one of the most distressing that Ameri...

Pastor\'s Blog - \'Why does God allow this to happen?\'

  As a pastor I am asked many hard questions from time to time. As a spiritual leader I must be ready to give an answer for the complex situations in our society. As a human being I don&rs...

The joy of making someone cry

In our house, history is probably one of our favorite subjects. Veterans have played a huge part in a lot of various projects that we've been a part of over the years. In the past we...

For our Veterans, their wives/husbands and children

Sometimes, on days like today, I wish there was a bit more pomp and circumstance. Veteran's Day, while we celebrate it, it always feel like we didn't do enough to thank our men and women wh...

Pastor\'s Blog - Time Change

Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discernin...

A prayer for the Occupiers

       Some call me a skeptic. Others, a cynic. A few, even, use words like oddball.      Whatever.      I dance for ...

\'Tis the season to be...Thankful

In the business of life, it seems we never just have the time to sit and appreciate.   If things go badly, we are in complain mode in 2 seconds flat.  Get a flat tire, and the who...

Pastor\'s Blog - Lifted up

Pastor Lanette S. Van As a Christian, I believe that God speaks to us through a number of different ways.  This blog is not so much about swapping stories about cats as it it about sharing those "God moments.&...