Dear Family, My heart is full for four reasons. Reason #1: J-Mae Taylor’s Celebration of Life this Sunday at 2:00 PM This Sunday, Oct. 24, at 2:00 PM in the Valley Church Worship Center, we’ll gather as a church family to celebrate the life (and Lord) of J-Mae Taylor. When the King took J-Mae to…
Posts from 2021 (Page 2)
Dear Family, We could almost smell the pizza and feel the padded rocking chairs as we trudged along the last two miles of our 14-mile hike in Yosemite in August, 2016. (OK, 13.8 miles if you want to be technical). My twin brother Dan and I were on the Pohono Trail which goes from Glacier…
Dearly Beloved, Satisfaction guaranteed! Is there really such a thing? Satisfaction guaranteed is a promise that if a buyer is not satisfied with the product purchased, the seller will refund the buyer’s money in full. Another name for this term is “money back guaranteed.” But can anyone honestly deliver? Are you satisfied right now? It would…
Dear Friends, I heard a story about someone who was visiting India for the first time and upon returning was showing some pictures of an Indian market. At one of the market booths, he had taken a picture of a man standing in front of several white, high quality, expensive washing machines. What caught his…
$45,000 – That’s the estimated cost most people will pay in 2021 to try to summit Mt. Everest. Approximately 800 people per year attempt to add their names to the 4,000 successful climbers of the tallest peak in the world. None of them wants their name added to 300 (10%) who have died trying. Forty-five…
Beady eyes glowed an evil red while searching for prey. Razor sharp six-inch-long teeth gleamed in the moonlit sky while the massive tail carved a swath of destruction behind powerful legs, crushing the rose bushes as it towered over our pink house in Santa Clara. I woke in a cold sweat and looked over at…
Hey Family, I was pranked when I came back from my sabbatical. It’s happened before. A few years ago, I returned to find my brown couch and lamp on the roof of building 3. Here’s how the latest gag went down. It was Monday and I expected my office furniture to be rearranged. So, when…
Hey Family! We’re starting “The Story” this Sunday. I just want to give you a little more info. Let’s countdown from seven, because, well, it’s sounds fun. 7. Crack open Chapter 1 and read it before Sunday morning if you can. Here’s an idea: pretend you’ve never read the Bible before. Let the words fall…
Dearly Beloved, Getting old isn’t for sissies, but then neither is marriage, parenting or living in a fallen evil world. We are instructed to “fight the good fight of faith; take hold of eternal life to which we were called.” Have you taken hold of eternal life? There is someone whose desire is for you…
Ever been in an auto accident? I used a sad story at the beginning of a message I shared years ago. A pastor was traveling with his family in the Northwest. An oncoming vehicle lost control and crashed into their family car. The pastor lost in that tragic accident his: Wife Mother Two of his…