Pastor Jim the Younger

In our family, we like to surprise one another (in a nice way, of course) like when we met Shane for the first time and suddenly Alison show...

The previous blog was posted five months ago on March 26, 2013. Ten days earlier, we tried starting a new diet (two days after Cathy's b...

I think Linus had reached the end of his his blanket with the non-sense dished out by others. I am sympathetic. Cathy and I have raise...

Discouragement can come from a variety of causes. In a special called business meeting, the church voted 18 to 6 to approve a small group ...

Extrapolating information from the census bureau, the current population of California is estimated at approximately 38 million people. Th...

It really wasn't a bad year. In fact, it had some remarkable moments. Among them: We were able to see all of our kids at least thr...

I know that's getting it backwards since it is more commonly expressed as "Shut up and listen!" However, the greater need is t...