Pastor’s Weekly Letter

October 4, 2019

Letter From the Pastor – October 6, 2019

Karol Wojtyla’s early years were spent in a setting much like that of any child growing up in Poland at the time, with a loving and religious family life and the usual schoolboy friendships.  But tragedy entered his life at the age of eight when his mother died after a short illness.  The death of his older brother Edmund, only four years later, who as a young doctor became fatally infected with scarlet fever, and his father’s death in the first year of World War II, left Karol Wojtyla with no immediate family before he turned 21.  Despite the loss […]
September 27, 2019

Letter From the Pastor – September 29, 2019

                 I read an article recently in a religious newspaper.  It told of a famous Japanese artist who had contacted Christian missionaries to inquire about a ticket to heaven.  He was a very old man who knew that death could not be far away.  He had heard that Jesus had tickets to heaven, and he wanted to purchase one.                 Some of us would laugh at the old man for wanting to purchase a ticket to heaven.  But none of us would laugh at him for wanting to go to heaven.  We all […]
September 20, 2019

Letter From the Pastor – September 22, 2019

Jesus understood things about people that modern psychology has only in recent years begun to figure out.  Consider His perception of the destructive effects of hate on the human soul.  Some have thought of Him as a starry-eyed dreamer because He taught His disciples to hate nobody, to love everybody, even their enemies. If you think that idea is an empty dream, take a closer look at the lives of people.  Find someone who is consumed by hatred and see the results.  It may be bad for the   person who is hated, but it is infinitely worse for the one […]
September 13, 2019

Letter From the Pastor – September 15, 2019

                Most of us have experienced various kinds of encounters with God.  We have seen Him, for example, in the world of nature.  We have felt His presence under the breathtaking beauty of a starlit night.  We have almost read His signature in the lower right-hand corner of a sunset.  We have heard His voice in the wind as it gently rustles the leaves of a tree.                 We have also met Him inside of our own hearts and minds.  We have felt His comforting presence in times f sorrow and His troubling […]
September 6, 2019

Letter From the Pastor – September 8, 2019

Every wife, mother or whoever happens to have the responsibility knows that there are two ways to clean house.  One is routine and regular; the other is major and seldom.  In the first, you sweep the floors, vacuum the carpets, wash the dishes, make the beds, secure the bathrooms, and dust the furniture.   The second way includes all of the above but goes a bit further.  You also move the furniture in order to get at the dirt that has accumulated under and behind.  You clean out the refrigerator and throw away all of the moldy food.  You rearrange the […]