Announcements Events Serve Give Discovering the True Nature of Christianity Every now and then, I go back over my journals and rediscover some of the quotes that I have saved. These quotes can be from all sorts of traditions. The following words are from the Orthodox Christian perspective. Might its wisdom help us all grow deeper in this journey we are on with God? I wonder … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Finding Living Water: A Journey of Compassion and Gratitude Throughout my life, there have been moments when a sudden realization, a holy insight, has gripped me. We keep learning and growing, do we not? Our name is disciple which means learner. It is in those moments that our battered and bruised hearts find ways to heal and radiate; we become … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Marriage Retreat My wife Christine and me have begun planning the Marriage Retreat which will be held at the Green Lake Conference Center on October 20th through the morning of the 22nd. We are getting excited.  How did this idea come about? Well…how does the Holy Spirit work?  About a year ago, Jack Von Rutenberg … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Know your limits “Let your Word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or No, No’ anything more that this comes from the evil one.”     Matthew 5: 37 During the first few weeks of being the director of Port Saint Vincent, I was sorely beset. The past director had been a well-loved man. During his tenure, he had asked several men to leave because of … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Take time to Hang Out with God “Be still and know that I am God” Psalm 46: 10 In the year of our Lord 2011, 29 people gathered together in the chapel of Christ Presbyterian Church. It was a diverse group. There were Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Evangelical Free … [Read more...]