You may remember that one of my New Year’s resolutions was that I would wear every tie I own at least once before the end of the year. Here is the next batch of ties I have dispensed with.
Only 21 left to go!
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Weekly Smile #13
It is time once again for a weekly smile with Trent. If you have never read the weekly smile go to Trent’s blog HERE.
This week my smile is from Saturday. Our church hosted an Easter Egg Hunt and we had about 350 people come out to it. Fully half of those folks were from the surrounding communities. It was a great day of building community.
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Share Your World 2016 Week 13
Can you even believe we are 13 weeks into 2016? We have officially begun the second quarter of the year. Soon we will be half done!
We still have loads of questions to answer though before this year breathes its last. Every week from here until 2017 Cee will ask us 5 questions. In answering them we, Cee’s contributors, are sharing our world.
Here are this week’s questions and my answers.
Are you left or right handed?
I am right hand dominant, but playing piano has strengthened the coordination in my left hand a bit.
If you had only one TV, would you prefer the TV in the living room or another room?
I do have only one TV currently and it is in the living room.
Have you ever participated in a distance walking, swimming, running, or biking event? Tell your story.
I once did a walk-a-thon for a ministry called Speed-The Light. That is a ministry which buys vehicles or equipment of any kind to help missionaries do their jobs. That is the closest I have ever come to what you would call long distance, and I don’t even really know how far I walked. I did laps around a track for about five hours.
Complete this sentence: Love is… .
patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:4-13
OK it may not be original but it is accurate.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am so grateful for a wonderful Easter weekend. Here are some photos from our various events….
worship team
Easter morning worship
Easter Egg Hunt
Easter BBQ at Cornerstone
This week I am looking forward to performing my cousin’s wedding.
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Share Your World 2016 Week 12
It’s time to share our worlds or apparently at least our feet! Every week Cee asks us five questions and in answering them we, her contributors, share our worlds.
You can find all of Cee’s Contributors HERE.
Now here are her week 12 questions and my answers.
Wanting something to quench your thirst, what would you drink?
It’s funny you should ask. I just posted this on my facebook feed the other day.
In case you are wondering, besides being an avid coffee drinker, I was also the chubby kid on the see-saw.
What made you feel good this past week?
Our worship rehearsal on Thursday night made me feel really good this week. It was a lot of fun and we anointed three people for supernatural healing that night.
When you’re alone at home, do you wear shoes, socks, slippers, or go barefoot?
I don’t own slippers and to be honest I haaaaate shoes. But my feet are chronically cold so I wear socks around the house.
Would you rather live where it is always hot or always cold?
Hot please. I love New England summers and pretty much hate the cold of the winters.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am grateful that we got my daughter moved into the house over the weekend. I am looking forward to going grocery shopping this week. I love grocery shopping.
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Share Your World 2016: Week 11
It’s time to SHARE OUR WORLD’S WITH CEE!
Every week Cee asks five questions, In answering them her many contributors share their worlds with the blogosphere. You can find all their answers by clicking the underlined link above.
This weeks questions and my answers are below:
How many siblings do you have? What’s your birth order?
I have one sister, Brenda. She is a missionary to the Netherlands. I am the oldest. I am a pastor here in America.
This is me and Brenda at Keukenhof Gardens in Lisse
In a car would you rather drive or be a passenger?
I would rather be a passenger. I love riding. That said, I almost always drive as I am generally alone in the car.
When you lose electricity in a storm, do you light the candles or turn on the flashlight? How many of each do you own?
Usually both. I have a vast supply of candles in the house and at least one flashlight on every floor…except the cellar which I try to avoid at all costs in a black out.
List at least five of your favorite types of animals? (any animal to domestic to wild to marine life)
I love dogs, especially my little dogs.
I love cats too. In fact my daughter is moving in with her cat Picasso on Saturday. That means in my house there will live four people, three Maltese and one tabby cat who outweighs all the dogs by at least double.
I love birds. The property I live on is covered in wild roses and that attracts the wild birds throughout the winter. I love going out and seeing the waxwings and the chickadees and the robins and the cardinals in the trees. I especially love birdsong in the spring.
I love mountain lions, not like in a cuddly way, that’s just stupid. Those people who go out and live with giant carnivores and try to be their friends and be accepted in their packs are just crazy in my mind; But as a concept I like mountain lions. One was spotted in the town next door about a month ago.
Finally I love bears…in the same way I love mountain lions.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am grateful that at last week’s bowl-athon fundraiser for special needs the ministry brought in almost $4,000.00! This week I am looking forward to a fun-filled Saturday at C.cada. Ray Parker will be giving a lesson in basic camera use in the afternoon and I have a new camera I am dying to work with.
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My Daily Walk 3-9-16
These photos are from yesterday’s walk. Today promises heavy rain. So I’m thinking this afternoon might just be a washout. That’s O.K because I am supposed to meet Jody for a Korea Trip planning session. I probably won’t have time for walking anyway.
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Weekly Smile 10 #weeklysmile
I haven’t smiled with Trent for a couple of weeks. This week I was determined to put a new smile on my face and here is what did it.
There is nothing like a walk through the woods with one of my kids to put a smile on my face. Thanks Amanda for humoring your dear old da’.
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Share Your World 2016 Week 10
We just crossed into double digits with SYW 2016 can you believe it? Only 42 more weeks to go until 2017. Click the underlined link to be transported to a great sharing space at Cee’s Blog.
This week Cee has asked us five sharing questions and given us a warning. The warning is
With your answers, please remember we are in the SYW world which may not always match our reality.
The questions are:
What would you ask for if a genie granted you three wishes?
I think I would ask the genie to make me strong enough to cover all the bases that need covering in my section of the human sea of need. I do realize however that genies are quite literal and I would probably be given a huge baseball diamond in the middle of an ocean along with super speed so that I could run on top of the water and thereby cover all the bases. I think I will just continue to ask God for the strength. He gets the metaphor.
What experiences are most meaningful to you?
I love our times around the altar of the church. There is nothing like being in the presence of God.
As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
As a young child I wanted to be a zoo keeper, a naturalist, an ornithologist or something else that would keep me near animals and the natural world. From the eighth grade on though I pretty much knew I was going to be a pastor. It was an innate sense I guess you could say…a calling I couldn’t deny.
Complete this sentence: The best day of my life was….
the day I received Jesus as Savior and Lord. The second best day was the day I received the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am so grateful that our lead pastor, Pastor Risto was back to lead staff meeting last week. He had been away and then had Network staff meetings in Sturbridge . So I was running meetings for a few weeks. This week I am looking forward to ministering in two concerts.
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Share Your World 2016 Week #9
It’s past time for me to 
Every week Cee invites her contributors to SHARE BITS OF THEIR LIVES.
You can discover how the rest of the world is sharing by clicking the underlined link. Here are the questions we are all answering along with my answers.
Have you done something you truly want to do today?
I get to do lots of things I want to do everyday. I love my job of pastoring and while there are pieces of it that get pushed to the back burner because of the craziness of everyday life I do really enjoy it all. Today is a day of office cleaning and administrating . I am finally getting to organize my desk and my office and that feels really good! Currently it looks like my desk blew up and that makes me sad.
What can you help the world with?
I believe I am called to help the world by bringing them to the knowledge of God.
If life was ‘just a bowl of cherries’… which fruit other than a cherry would you be..?
I would be a kiwi. Sweet, fuzzy and a little odd.
Quotes List: At least three of your favorite quotes?
I have so many favorite quotes narrowing it down to three is really hard, but I shall try. Here are three quotes on joy I really like shared by my friend and fellow artist Betty Knowlton:
- What a witness to the world Christians would be, if only we were evidently very happy people
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- Our sense of joy, satisfaction and fulfillment in life increases, no matter what the circumstances, if we are in the center of God’s will.
- Joy is NOT the absence of trouble, but the presence of God.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am so grateful that last week I got to preach at Cornerstone and that four people came to Jesus. This next week I am looking forward to leading worship at Cornerstone!
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Share Your World 2016 Week#8
It is time to SHARE MY WORLD WITH YOU AGAIN. That capitalized link will get you into a whole world of learning how to share your world and a ton of examples about how to do it from Cee’s many subscribers. But before you go, here are the weekly questions from Cee and my shares concerning them.
What household chore do you absolutely hate doing?
I am decidedly not a big fan of raking or weeding the garden beds. I am OK if my lawn and gardens will not make the next issue of Better Homes and Gardens.
What was the last URL that you bookmarked?
You Tube Buffalo Herd: Our Riches At Christ’s Expense
Close your eyes. Listen to your body. What part of your body is seeking attention? What is it telling you?
My neck and my shoulders are telling me, “You need a neck massage.”
Would you rather have a two-bedroom apartment in a big city of your choosing or a mansion in the country side in the state or country where you currently live?
Can the mansion be a three bedroom log cabin in the countryside? If so I’ll take that.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am grateful for a wonderful team of church staff, and visiting lay ministers who helped with the incredible amount of ministry our church did last week.
This week I am looking forward to visiting with my daughter Melanie and her husband James who are up in Winchendon with me for their vacation.
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