I hope you are having a wonderful Fall. The leaves are a constant reminder of God’s Paintbrush.  We are working diligently trying to provide good community outreach programs as well as Spiritual nourishment. We recently had our Trunk or Treat where we saw community families participate. Terence the Turkey has reached his goal but additional […]

Happy Autumn . . . I have to say, Autumn is my favorite time of year. I love the colorful leaves and crisp air. I also like the smell of wood stoves burning. It’s refreshing and a time of change in the seasons. Growing up in Florida, I never really experienced it. Fall was a cooler […]

I hope all of you are starting to enjoy your Summer . . . It goes by quickly. Some of you have gardens and will reap the harvest with some diligence on your part. That is a perfect segue to illustrate a spiritual truth. In order to bring your garden to fruition several principles must […]

Greetings in the name of Christ.  My name is Duffy Johnson and I live in Epsom with my lovely wife Debbie. I have been involved in the pastoral ministry for many years culminating in Vermont where we started a church that I pastored for 25 years.  I was then asked to be the Headmaster of […]

“See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone, flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.” I have always liked the verse from the Song of Songs which captures the hope and promise of the season. Of course, my mind […]

The Bible tells us that in “the fullness of time” Christ came to us.  The implication is that Christ came when God decided that the time was right.  It would seem that God has his own clock, which may not agree with our clocks.  God decided when is the right time. I am enough of […]

Grace is one of the big words – it has so much packed into it that it can be hard to understand.  You remember that Martin Luther used the word to identify the major disagreement he had with the church of his day – he kept trying to reform the church so that it made […]

Most protestant church members do not pay much attention to Lent. Officially, Lent is the 40 days (not counting Sundays) prior to Easter. Easter was the time when baptisms were done and those intending to be baptized were expected to spend the time in study and prayer in preparation for the big day. It came […]

There is the time it became clear; it was obvious: you loved her. You had not said so to her, you had not said it to anyone else, but you knew. Maybe it was when you first met, maybe it was when she knew what you were going to say before you said it, maybe […]