Matthew 25.1-13 There is a wonderful Chinese proverb that tells us this: If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody. I love to read ancient wisdom, and it doesn’t matter the source as much as the relevance. Just a caveat: While I agree strongly with the ideas of napping, fishing and helping others, I as strongly disagree wit

Based on 1 Thessalonians 2.9-13 In the church parsonage, despite it being technically a contemporary-built condominium — that is, it was built about 20 years ago, so it’s still new — it has a great open floor plan, which I love. And unlike a lot of newer-construction homes, it has a feature that is sort of going the way of the dinosaur. It has a dining room. A lot of new homes being built these days are using that space differently. For offices or bigger kitchens — some with