hallelujah_Flashbacks by Village Music

On Wednesday, Steve and Hannah Yeakley's three-year-old daughter Miriam was diagnosed with a Wilms' tumor (cancerous) on one of her kidneys. Miriam is scheduled for surgery at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) morning to remove the tumor and get a better understanding of the damage it has caused. The hope is that the tumor is contained and the cancer has not spread to the rest of her body. The doctors…

Mechicon And Everywhere Flashbacks by Village Music

When I was a teenager I choked a kid until he was unconscious. If my Dad hadn't pulled me away I would have killed him. The kid had made fun of my Dad, who was often sickly and unable to do what other dads were able to do, and I decided to shut the kid up. I was outraged at the awful things he said about the Dad I…

Hi everyone. This is another reminder of Anna's party this weekend - Saturday starting at 6pm at Seneca House. I wanted to emphasize that, in lieu of presents, we were hoping to get folks to bring a piece of children's clothing to donate to a foster group home. Also, if you care to throw in a side dish to help feed the multitudes, that would be bonus! Thank you…

The Thursday morning before the Friday we leave for a week away in Alberta, Canada the pest control guy knocks on our door and informs us that there is water leaking from the foundation of the house. A pipe is broken and water is pouring out so I quickly call the home warranty people who dispatch a plumber immediately who tells us that according to paragraph c, section 14,…

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Psalm 147:1 says: "Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him." Before I begin, I must confess that I am not too good at this sort of thing. I mean, singing praises to our God. The world tells me it is not natural and I look silly doing it, and so, I often times choose to let…

When I was a kid we ate stewed tomatoes on bread. We'd take a slice of bread, slather some butter on it, pour heated up stewed tomatoes over it and call it dinner. I hated it. Sometimes we had it several times a week. I thought it was pure torture. Of course, we weren't permitted to complain. We were poor and it was sustenance and it fulfilled God's promise…

As you all know, I ride my bike a lot.  :)  Many of my miles come on the weekend - I usually ride early Saturday or Sunday morning (often both).  So far, they've all been solo rides, which is OK, but not great. So here's an open offer - if you're looking to go on a bike ride, call me!  You don't have to go far, or fast -…

While observing the gay marriage debate or the legalization of pot issue or other such 'progressive' trends, I constantly hear those favoring change charging their counterparts as being on the wrong side of history. Cloaking one's self in the robes of enlightenment while painting the opposition as living in the dark ages is a most common debate tactic designed to shut down reasoned argument and thus 'win'. It works…

Eric and I were talking about the Village recently and we started to talk about spiritual gifts. Certain churches are dominated by certain gifts. Some churches are extremely type A and may be dominated by gifts of administration and leadership. Others are more laid back and service oriented and may have many who share the gifts of helps and giving. Still others may have lots of folks with gifts…