A Few Words From Dale… Every year I am asked the question. And every year I must relearn the answer because the answer is so implausible, it never sticks. “Tell me again,” someone asks, “why is it called Good Friday
A few words from Dale… April 3, 2014
Lent is about understanding sacrifice in general and Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross in particular. As though this weren’t hard enough, more and more we live in a sacrifice-aversive culture, where many people hold that nothing is worth sacrificing our
A Few Words from Dale…
The contrast is so dramatic, what with Vladimir Putin’s quest for imperial glory while we follow Christ’s dogged footsteps to the cross through Lent, tracking his suffering glory. Putin basks in vigorous standing ovations in the Kremlin and demonstrations of
A Few Words from Dale… March 13, 2014
Please meet the latest addition to our church staff. Tim Wilson began serving as new Sexton last Thursday. Tim rose to the top of the pack of three very eligible job candidates whom we interviewed in recent weeks. It is
A few words from Dale…
“Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a
A Few Words from Dale, February 6th…
Dear friends, What is the old saying about the weather? We always talk about it but no one ever does anything about it. It looks like another dusting of snow this weekend and a bigger storm next week. Oh boy.