“Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” – Herodotus, 503 B.C. I am pretty sure we have not seen our mailman – who is actually a mailgal – for two days. Granted a foot of snow is good reason. But this […]

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“If you were a good pastor, do you think our church would grow?” – Ivy to me. She did not come up with this on her own. It is a line of thought often running in my head. And I imagine that it has come out vocalized in my frustration. I am not sure if […]

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“Why is there a skeleton in my body?” – Phoebe The thought of a scary skeleton inside her own body was too much for Phoebe. We tried to explain that bones hold us together and give our body structure. She looked at her arms as if she expected the bones to explode outward and get […]

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“I don’t like red, but I root for the chiefs.” – Phoebe, during the Chief’s collapse… 28 point lead in the third quarter… It has been twenty years since the Chiefs won a play-off game. I went into Saturday expecting the team to lose. I am from Kansas City – home of the Royals. I […]

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“You can’t cancel church” – Phoebe, still in her nightgown, this morning. Well, actually… We cancelled services this morning. With the snow on the roads and temperatures starting to drop (10 degrees right now, wind chills at -15) the deacons and I decided to cancel Sunday services. A few weeks ago we cancelled Sunday School, […]

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