As summer winds down, I can’t help but wonder how it went by so fast! I see my kids excited for the beginning of the school year and I know, I’m more nervous than they are. This is their first year in public school. Their first year without Mom and Dad working in the same … Continue reading →

We have a new addition to the Richmond household. Apparently two kittens have taken up residence beneath the shed in the back yard. As far as I can tell they are only a couple of months old and my guess is that the mother abandoned them there. Of course as soon as they were discovered … Continue reading →

I find myself split in two this week. It is VBS week, which means I spend the better part of my afternoons prepping for VBS and my evenings are consumed with the program itself. Yet we also had a prominent member of the church pass away this week, which means I am also in the … Continue reading →

I know, two posts in one day! It’s like the bogo sales at payless! I couldn’t resist though. Today as we traveled to Richmond to eat lunch with my father we noticed this Blue Heron in the parking lot of one of the shopping centers off of route 1 in Hanover. What is so funny … Continue reading →

Have you ever been hungry? I mean really, really hungry? I have been blessed enough in my life that I have never known true, brink of starvation hunger. Now, when I was a teenager, I might have argued this point. It seemed I was always hungry and could never get enough to eat. (Proof is … Continue reading →

I never cease to be amazed at how God chooses to reveal His Word to us. As I have studied for my sermon this week (on the first three beatitudes in Matthew 5; “blessed are the poor in spirit… blessed are thos who mourn… blessed are the gentle”) God has chosen to show how His … Continue reading →

If God’s Kingdom is as near as the air we breathe, why is it that we have such difficulty recognizing it? Let’s face it, humans tend to believe in what they can see, taste, touch and smell. But Jesus has come on the scene proclaiming a Kingdom that surrounds us as the atmosphere does, but … Continue reading →

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!” Matthew 4:17 This week I started a sermon series on the greatest sermon ever preached, The Sermon on the Mount. As I introduced the sermon I referenced Matthew 4:17 to indicate the content of Jesus’ message. His was the proclamation of an entire kingdom, and not … Continue reading →

Wow, it has been nearly two months since I’ve written! (you may now commence with all the slacker jokes) But what a two months it has been. In eight short weeks I had to do all the things associated with leaving one place of work and going to another. On one end farewells had to … Continue reading →

I’m a night-owl. I can’t help it. Ever since childhood, I can remember never being tired when I was supposed to be. Sure, I had bedtimes, but that didn’t keep me from laying awake in my bed. Even now, as an adult who routinely wakes up before 7am every morning, I still can’t fall asleep … Continue reading →