Joplin…Hope Lives

Nearly one year ago, a tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri. Over 150 died in the storm. Thousands lost homes, jobs, property. Everyone you talk to can share a story of the death and devastation that took place. Today, some of our friends from Joplin made the two-hour trip to Woods Chapel to say “Thank you […]

There Goes the Neighborhood

Neighbors. Co-workers. Acquiantances. How are we to relate to these folks? Thinking about this question in prepration for sharing in worship this Sunday, the memory fairy (you know…the one who files and retreives stuff in the maze of our brains) dredged up the memory of an Esquire article I read once up a time about Mr. Rogers. […]