by St. Ann Staff | Nov 30, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
What if… As you probably have already figured out, the retailers are trying a new tactic this shopping season. “Black Friday Deals” all week long. (Actually longer than that if you count the online deals.) Such a bargain! Those door buster prices on selected items to...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 23, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
Winter is coming… (For you Game of Thrones fans, this is not about the Stark family motto) Having witnessed more than a few winters here at St. Ann, there are some things that are pretty predictable around the coming of winter. One of those is the tendency to ‘create’...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 16, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
Lessons from Gandhi… It is Saturday night, Nov. 8th as I write these words. Perhaps by the time you are reading this, the Grand Jury has released the results of its probe into the shooting death of Michael Brown. Perhaps they have not. Perhaps things are still...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 9, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
Follow up… First, let me say “Thanks” to one and all for your response to my annual ‘state of the union’ address on Stewardship Sunday. Though I don’t have the break-down on individual givers, I can say that October stewardship increased in three ways from September....
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 2, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
To everything there is a time, and a place for every purpose under heaven… They call them the ‘sandwich years’ – describing the situation of many adults in our days who now have the responsibility not only for raising their children at home, but now are taking care of...
