Someone once asked John Wanamaker, “How do you have time to conduct a Sunday School program for 4,000 scholars, when you’ve got two large department stores to run, oversee the nation’s postal system as our US Postmaster-General, while also performing many humani-tarian and civic duties?” Mr. Wanamaker simply replied, “Sunday School is my business! All … [Read more…]
Just over this past winter, we all witnessed several new things: April snow-showers are just now bringing May flowers; I got my 1st – and likely only – book published; our church family saw the end of an era with the Homegoing of our Matriarch, Norma Laubach. But talk about new! How ‘bout them Philadelphia … [Read more…]
Whenever there are five Sundays in a month, we celebrate our Lord in a different fashion. Instead of the usual order of service that includes a 30-minute sermon, our Praise Band leads us through about a dozen contemporary songs that are interspersed with prayers of thanksgiving and praise “from the floor.” Our P&P service always … [Read more…]
Impersonators make us laugh and the best impersonators make us laugh out loud and long! If I were to ask you, “Who do you consider to be the greatest impersonator you’ve ever watched do his or her thing?” my guess is that Rich Little would receive more “votes” far and away. This now 79-year old … [Read more…]
We all remember the tragedy of Otto Warmbier. Who could ever forget that disturbing picture where two North Korean soldiers flanked him on either side? He looked dazed – even drugged – as he was arrested for crimes against the state. 17 months of incarceration later, he died of brain injuries sustained during his hellacious … [Read more…]