President's Corner

Patches ‘I was born and raised down in Alabama; On a farm way back up in the woods; I was so ragged the kids would call me patches………’  lyrics that begin a famous song by artist, Clarence Carter.  I remember patches too – the kind your mother would sew on your clothes when you wore Read more

Theology ‘Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients…. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandos…. He died before he ever reached Canada but his commandos made it…. Solomon had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines….. He Read more

For the past 28 years, I have had the privilege of putting up the Manger scene every November and taking it down every January.  (Sometimes, when it was 5 below zero, or raining or snowing cats and dogs the ‘privilege’ part was a little questionable!)  I took-over from my friend and elder-partner, Bob Weber – Read more

November 13, 1909, Cherry, Illinois (Mendota-area).  259 men and boys die underground in a coal mine fire; the 3rd largest mining disaster in America’s history.  Eight days later, 21 are rescued.  This month marks the 102nd anniversary of that tragedy.  (Google the Cherry Mine disaster for the details, or read Karen Tintori’s Book ‘Trapped The Read more

Job 5:7  ‘Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.’  Job 8:9 ‘for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.’   Job 14:1  ‘Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble.’  You gotta hand it to Job, he Read more