Blog

Newsletter Here As I was driving into the office this morning in late June, I passed by the leftover remnants of the festival that was held in Rothbury last week while I was traveling out West. “Isn’t it awful?”, we cry, “all of those people leaving such a mess for others to clean up?” It… Read More »

Newsletter Here Every June I have a tendency to start thinking, and sometimes singing that classic song from the movie Carousel by Rogers and Hammerstein, “June is Bustin’ Out All Over”.   “Y’ken feel it in yer heart,                            June is bustin’ out all over! Y’ken see it in the ground!                           All over the… Read More »

Newsletter Here As I write this, it is towards the end of April and I have been following as delegates from all over the globe met in Charlottesville, NC at General Conference. I would like to take this time to tell you that change is going to be happening. This is a good thing –… Read More »

Newsletter Here One of the classic, yet modern hymns that I enjoy singing every year is H#304 “Easter People, Raise Your Voices” by William M. James. “Easter people, raise your voices, sounds of heaven in earth should ring.” The thing is, I usually do not plan to sing it on Easter Sunday. That’s because we… Read More »

Newsletter Here So here we are – time for the old adage – will March come in like a lion or a lamb? If you’ve been keeping track of the weather roller coaster that we’ve been on it’s supposed to be nice on March 1st. That would mean that the March should come in like… Read More »

Newsletter here Love is in bloom in the Williams Family in 2024. We have one son getting married in May, another son getting married in October and a granddaughter getting married in June. Whew! This is the month of valentine’s hearts and chocolate candies and everything else love related. Yet it’s so much more than… Read More »

Newsletter here I don’t like winter with all of the snow and the ice. I am much more a sunny time person, and I do not like being cold at all. However, it is just another season of the year that God created and God has purpose for winter. Did you know that every winter… Read More »

December here “People, Look East” “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” (John 1:5 NLT) One day I was driving home from a visitation at an assisted living center and as I drove the back roads, I saw the sunlight breaking through dark clouds that looked as if it… Read More »

November Here “What is Your Normal?” Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One, give thanks because he’s given Jesus Christ, his Son.” These words by Henry Smith are in my head this morning as it’s one of my favorite praise songs. My cousin in Florida texted me the words of… Read More »

October Newsletter is here As I continue in my studies, this month I am finishing up my class on the Gospel of Mark and will go on to Wisdom Literature which will end just before Thanksgiving. Whenever I read the book of Mark I am always intrigued by the number of exorcisms that Jesus performs.… Read More »