http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/ en Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:19:56 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox Pro 1.2.6 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/the_reality_of_retirement.html <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>T</b></span>he reality of retirement is starting to sink in--you'd think that it would by now, as much as I've talked about it. But there is nothing like…</p> Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:11:10 -0500 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/the_reality_of_retirement.html http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/its_coming_fast.html <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>I</b></span> don't know about you, but for Leah and me, retirement is approaching far faster than anything else we've ever experienced. So many of you have been…</p> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:34:41 -0500 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/its_coming_fast.html http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/merry_christmas.html <p><span><b>- well, not quite yet, but all too soon for most of us! <span style="font-weight: normal;">This will be our last Christmas together as pastor and people. It is a bittersweet time for…</span></b></span></p> Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:03:58 -0500 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/merry_christmas.html http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/what_lies_ahead_for_us.html <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>I</b></span> <span style="font-size: 12px;">am now officially and certifiably an “old codger.” I turned 65 at the end of October. I don’t feel 65. I don’t think 65 (whatever that may be).…</span></p> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:51:40 -0500 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/what_lies_ahead_for_us.html http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/six_months_left_together.html <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>I</b></span> write this with a certain sadness and anticipation - We have a mere six months left together as pastor and people. The Sunday after Easter (March…</p> Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:16:45 -0400 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/six_months_left_together.html http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/weeds/ <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-782" src="http://www.communitych.org/_Media/img_0630_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Weeds!?" width="128" height="96" /> </div> Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:27:02 -0400 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/weeds/ Weeds http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/summer_reading_study.html <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>I</b></span>'ve just finished reading an interesting book--Where God was Born, A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion, by Bruce Feiler. It's a wonderful…</p> Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:02:17 -0400 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/summer_reading_study.html http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/lent_2007.html <p><i>I ran across this the other day in my files. I wrote it to someone with a drinking problem (hence the first paragraph), but it applies to many areas…</i></p> Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:58:05 -0500 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/lent_2007.html Lent Sin Repent Repentance Change http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/the_only_reason_to_give_to_.html <p> </p><div><span style="font-size: 18px;">"<b>I</b></span>f you spent more than is in your budget Don’t hassel us" were the exact words on an unsigned pledge card mailed back to the church just before…</div> Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:26:24 -0500 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/the_only_reason_to_give_to_.html Stewardship Money Budget http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/ordinary_time.html <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: 16px;"><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px;"><b style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">O</b></span></span>n the church calendar, it’s called “ordinary time.” The color is green - the ordinary color of living plants. It's the period between Epiphany and…</p> Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:26:20 -0500 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/ordinary_time.html Worship Church Year Ordinary Time http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/reflections_on_a_hurricane_.html <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>W</b></span>e are all tired, anxious, and only slightly amused by cartoons of election night threats from a projected hurricane Zachery. Half the Sundays in…</p> Mon, 01 Nov 2004 07:28:22 -0500 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/reflections_on_a_hurricane_.html Hurricane http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/seven_steps_into_the_future.html <p>  Healthy things grow </p><p>      Growing things change </p><p>          Change challenges us </p><p>              Challenges force us to trust God </p><p>          Trust leads…</p> Wed, 01 Sep 2004 07:21:30 -0400 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/seven_steps_into_the_future.html Trust Faith Leap of Faith http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/as_we_mature.html <p>"<span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>T</b></span>hese things happen to us as we mature," are not words we want to hear from our physician. It has been my privilege to hear them twice in the last…</p> Tue, 01 Oct 2002 12:13:19 -0400 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/as_we_mature.html Mature Maturity http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/my_hodge_podge_room.html <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>I</b></span>n my rather plain room with it's hodge podge furniture of different styles, we gather, talk, and together we learn the secrets of the universe, as…</p> Wed, 01 May 2002 14:01:05 -0400 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/my_hodge_podge_room.html Sunday School Christian Education Children Education http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/spent_manger_straw.html <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>W</b></span>hat an exciting time December is! 'Tis the season of the Living Creche, the Christmas cantata, and our wonderful candlelight Christmas eve services…</p> Sat, 01 Dec 2001 14:38:44 -0500 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/spent_manger_straw.html Christmas Incarnation Emmanuel http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/i_am_a_rare_blood_donor.html <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>A</b></span> Few days ago I received a phone call from Community Blood Centers of South Florida. They needed my blood for a woman undergoing chemotherapy. It…</p> Sun, 01 Mar 1998 14:20:17 -0500 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/i_am_a_rare_blood_donor.html Blood Donor Communion Blood of Christ Identity http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/interdependent_independence.html <p>A sermon preached by Pastor Norman Dalton for  Independence Day 1996 </p><div>Jeremiah 18:1–11; Psalm 33; Romans 13:1–7; Luke 20:20–26 </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>M</b></span>artin Luther King,…</div> Thu, 04 Jul 1996 16:54:46 -0400 http://www.communitych.org/pastors_blog/interdependent_independence.html Woodrow Wilson Independence Fourth of July First Amendment USA Church-State Church-State Relations