Category Archives: Faith

Several ministers from our area met with the Red Cross this morning and relief management at Medora.  About 20+ homes were damaged by the flooding and require renovation or demolition.  We will meet again tomorrow with the Red Cross to divide the affected families among congregations to adopt and help them in the recovery process.Continue reading “Helping Medora”

I go this morning with several ministers to Medora to consider our long-term commitments to our neighbors.  We are already assisting individually and with food support but there will be greater needs.  Please pray for God’s will and guidance in this process. I watched the late news and revisited the question of the Israel/Palestinian conflictContinue reading “Who Has the Right?”

I spent the morning with my father for a belated Father’s Day.  He is aging and suffers from some dementia but is generally in a good mood.  We drove past some of the damage in Columbus and he wept.  Perhaps it is the dementia or aging but he explained that he can make peace withContinue reading “Is God Calling Me?”

Too many of us can echo the words of Cindy Kasper.  My father once admitted to me, “When you were growing up, I was gone a lot.” I don’t remember that. Besides working his full-time job, he was gone some evenings to direct choir practice at church, and he occasionally traveled for a week orContinue reading “Not Bad, Dad!”

This morning I meet a final time with a couple planning their marriage.  They have worked  hard and are as ready as any couple to take on this great calling.  Today I must the hardest questions about family and future because marriage is something that requires full contemplation. Summer is full swing and our peopleContinue reading “Something to Think About”

Thank goodness I am not superstitious.  Knock on wood!  Spent the morning in the hospitals but came out with good reports.  Little Ethan Isaacs is doing well and Pat Shepard should receiver her prognosis by Monday or Tuesday.  Phil Darlage has a heart back in rhythm but now they want to work on his breathing. Continue reading “Friday 13th Update”

A quick note to let you know that we have good reports from Indianapolis.  Debbie Hamilton is sitting up and moving about.  A miraculous turnaround from yesterday.  They performed an oblation on Phil Darlage and his heart is back in rhythm.  Pat Shepard had her surgery to remove the tumor late this afternoon.  Thankfully theContinue reading “Late Night Update”

Our church family is serving food today at the Red Cross shelter in Medora.  Yesterday almost 200 were feed.  Keep these good people in your prayers and those in Medora as they recover.  One of our own, Carroll and Thelma Weaver lived in the bottoms and lost their house.  Keep them in your prayers asContinue reading “Update for June 12”

Our sister communities in Seymour and Medora have suffered greatly.  Several are displaced.  While FEMA has been called out, immediate needs of food and clothing must be addressed.  We are beginning to provide food vouchers.  In the near future, I will post clothing needs with sizes for those who lost everything.  Please check back toContinue reading “Needs Coming In”

These last two days have been historic and destructive.  The flood of the century devastated the counties just north of us and hit our county hard.  Thankfully, our people affected by the flood were able to secure their possessions and will be able to return safely to their homes.  But many of our neighbors willContinue reading “Flood Relief”