The blackbirds. Most of us see them daily, all black, often noisy, and gregarious. We know that there are small ones and large ones, but that’s about as much we pay attention to them. But there is a world of difference between these different species, and some neat behaviors that we can learn about. There […]

God has given us an invitation that is pregnant and powerful! It is a call to be thankful and to praise God, for He alone has an eternal Kingdom and He is forever the eternal King! When we live thankful, it affects others as well as us personally. In a state of joy and thanksgiving […]

October is a month I love more than any other for multiple reasons. It is the month of my birth so even though middle age and circumstance mean my birthday is more of a gauge of what’s gone rather than what’s coming, it still is a day that is different from the others on the […]

Migration is one of the great wonders of the bird world. Despite all of the studies being done and all of the knowledge we have already gained, there is still much that we don’t know about this phenomenon. Perhaps the greatest mystery is how young birds who hatched over the spring and summer are able […]

I have been a pastor for very many years and have helped to mold many people into the Christian we (they and I) believed would be God’s plan for them, individually and corporately. I have always believed that each Christian has a place in the Church and each Christian has to become fitted to take […]