Friday Messages

A recent conversation with a friend here in Georgia prompted me to ask a question that has often come to mind ever since I was a youth group leader about 30 years ago. Is there any guarantee that a...

About six weeks ago, I embarked on an epic journey - a bicycle ride from Key West, Florida to Calais, Maine, on the Canadian Border.  I am now almost half-way through the journey, and will be...

Dear Friends, The news is in an uproar over the Corona virus and its possible worldwide spread.  There seem to be two different ways of thinking. One is to be in a panic over it and the other...

Welcome to the Sabbath. At an early age growing up in Connecticut, I remember stopping for the Sabbath as a day of rest. It was a day of no school, no chores, and was a happy childhood memory. ...

The Lord finds many ways of blessing us. Sometimes they’re what we’d expect; often times they’re not. But He always knows how to tailor them for us personally. And I think He really likes to...

“For in six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation.” Leviticus 23:3 NASV What is a “convocation”? Our church tradition for many decades...

The words of John the beloved have been ringing through my head. At the very end of Revelation he says, “Yes, come Lord Jesus!” I imagine a great longing must have been in his voice when those words...

My wife Jess and I will be moving to our new house in Oneonta, NY in a few days. We’re both excited to move and to make the new place “home,” but we’re still in the “between” stage. Our current...

We are pilgrims traveling on the road to heaven. We are moving along the King’s highway toward that “City which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” We often walk by faith and not by...

How many of you have taken a shortcut which ended up in disaster? This frequently happens in life, when we get so caught up in the pursuit of some wonderful goal that we start cutting corners in...

    “God’s in His heaven, all’s right with the world.” This is a well-known line from Pippa, an orphan girl in a Robert Browning poetic drama.  It expressed the relief that she felt at her one day...

Dear Friends who love God and the Sabbath,A few months ago our daughter shared a Sabbath song that she found on YouTube called “Temple Made of Time.” If you want to view it, here is the...