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Haiti Crisis

Posted: January 29th 2010

WE are all shocked at the devastation.

Many want to adopt all the orphans off the streets!

I am amazed that very little orderly goverment exists.

I want to take a team from Cornerstone to go ASAP to help show Jesus love and bring aid to the victims.

Many ask the question, WHY? I am currently preaching on the subject and will post the messages on line soon.

My first answer is this. "The secret things belong to the Lord our God" Deut. 29:29. There are lots of secrets in our world. …

Air Travel

Posted: January 18th 2010

Pam and I left for our vacation three times.

Preparing to go on vacation is half the fun they say. You know, all the talk, planning, dreaming, and wishing is so much fun.

Well, we had three times as much fun as anyone. We actually went to the airport three times in one day thinking our plane would really taxi down the runway and fly away.

Our adventure began at 5:30 a.m. when we left home the first time. Airline officials said, "Your plane had a bird strike and is being repaired. T…

New Road

Posted: December 29th 2009

Face Your Fear-Take a New Road This Year.

At the beginning of each year I seem to ask myself the same question.

"I wonder what will happen this new year?"

As I look back on 2009 many things did happen.

My sister-in-law after being sick all year long went home to heaven on Nov.13th. On that very same day our new granddaughter was born.

It was a new road.

Last year Cornerstone had a special year of being a servant church in many ways and God paid all our bills. YEAH!

It was a…

Christmas Oxymoron

Posted: December 15th 2009

As usual Jesus is once again left out of Christmas.

Every year it is the same. No Christ in Christmas. No good news as the Angels announced. Nothing about the Lord in this another so called HOLIDAY.

For so many people they celebrate a "pagan holiday" That's "godless holy day"

If there ever was an oxymoron it is this "an unholy holy day without God" Well that's our disfunctional irreligious society. Can you wish someone a happy unholy day with God voided out of existence?

What do …

Give And Take

Posted: December 2nd 2009

Sure you know all about this. Right? Everyone does.

"The Lord gives and the Lord takes away,blessed be the name of the Lord"

Pam and I recently experienced the loss of my sister-in-law and very special friend Barbara Payne Grizzle. She went home to heaven on Friday Nov.13th.

We went back to the memorial service and I conducted the celebration of her homegoing to be with the Lord.

Barbara was a Pastor's wife for over 20 years then single a mother of four and doing medical missions w…

Refrigerator

Posted: November 12th 2009

Yes, God even gives away refrigerators! !

One of our families at Cornerstone had a need . In fact they were living out of an ice chest(you know,milk and baby bottles and other things needing special treatment).

So we made the need known at church. More than one person responded "let me know if you need money"

That afternoon I checked the local "want ads" for the needed item. Sure enough there were several listed.

I randomly picked one and the owner happened to be a former faithful t…

Jury Duty Postponed

Posted: October 30th 2009

I got a reprieve. Yes, I had an excuse. I needed to be out of town a few days. They let me reschedule.

I postponed the inevitable. Are you good at that like me?

AMAZING

If I don't like an appointment---just reschedule

If I want to avoid a bad scene---just reschedule

If I don't want to face a responsibility---just reschedule

How many times can a person do that anyway?

Foolishly I think, well if I ignore it then it will soon go away. If I pretend it isn't there maybe it will d…

Lodi Had A Storm

Posted: October 17th 2009

It happened Tues. Oct.13th.

We had high winds all day at a sustained 40 mph. There was also 2-3 inches of rain in one day. Many trees were broken uprooted and split. Gutters were clogged and drains were filled with debris.

Many people were without power and waited long hours to get lights returned to normal.

It was a very bad storm!!!!!

But....not like the tsunami in Thailand a few years ago.

But.... not like the recent typhoon in the South Pacific.

But ....not like the Oakland…

Oh, No, not again! ! ! It seems like yesterday and now--- they sent me my letter of doom again! You know how it goes----- two boring days sitting in the basement of the Jury Room doing nothing but reading year old magazines.

This is a terrible waste of time, MY TIME. I hate going to court waiting for the attorney to interrogate each and every candidate about their personal views justice. If you don't answer correctly, then sometimes it means a lecture on the correct answer.

Can't they find…

In Jesus Name

Posted: October 1st 2009

What a debate! It happened at Hutchins Street Square. So many voices and opinions.

It was all hot and tense over the City Council allowing prayer in Jesus name.

Approximately 500-600 people showed up and almost 50 people claimed the microphone to express their views on this most important controversy. Now when 50 people each one is allowed 4 minutes to promote their views you can imagine how long the meeting lasted.

All kinds of people and opinions came out into the open. There were pl…