“…We are getting along very well here in Wyoming, and you would really like it here. This morning, we woke up to a dusting of snow and the temperature is 32 degree, and that is really refreshing. We really do miss all the wonderful folks back at […]
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As I grew into maturity, I often wondered why my mother had the idea that she wanted 12 children; actually, she had only 10… 7 girls and 3 boys. I cannot recall ever seeing her really mad. I now realize that she must have had the patience […]
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Growing up, Sunday dinner was always special. We raised chickens, so we usually had chicken and it would depend upon who was coming to dinner how the chicken was fixed. Chicken and noodles for just family, chicken fried in the large cast iron chicken fryer if the […]
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Join us at the Shelter House in the park for an all-church fish fry on Sunday, April 23 at 5 PM. The fish will be provided; please bring a covered dish.
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I once asked my two grown daughters what they remembered most about Easter. Immediately, one of them reminded me of the year they had to wear “those dresses”, one of them blue and the other one pink. Yes, I remember those; I had lovingly made them myself. […]
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Coming into the First Christian Church as a member in 1968, it was amazing to me to find entire families sitting together in “their pews”. Being from a large family myself, I particularly noticed the Tucker family of nine. Seven children with the late Carl and wife, […]
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Elders Bible Study Notes on Ephesians: Ephesians 2:10 says we were “created to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” because of our gratitude for God’s grace. Ephesians 4:2-3 reads, “Be completely humble and gentle’ be patient, bearing with one another in […]
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We here at 10th and Laurel have been blessed to have had Beryle Lawrence in our congregation and in our lives for the past several months. Now it is time to give her up, as she is moving in just a few days to the Mountain Home, […]
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On occasion, I have heard people say they quit going to church because the people there are so judgmental. For example, if a Southern Baptist tells a potential convert that they are a terrible sinner and they are going to Hell if they do not repent, the […]
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Going through boxes and bookcases, you often find things from long ago, things long forgotten, such as I did recently when I found Mom Cain’s very old Bible – what a jewel! Like my own mother’s Bible, it is tattered and well worn with a lot of […]
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