During the height of Covid a ruling came down from Orthodox Jewish leaders regarding hospital visitation on the Sabbath. They declared that the use of a handheld thermal monitor at the entrance to the hospital constituted work and therefore, was a violation of the Sabbath. Consequently, observant Jews were not allowed to visit the sick […]
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This past summer I had the privilege of visiting St Andrews, Scotland, for the first time. Of course, we did the golf thing, getting to walk the Old Course only days after the pros had finished the 150th Open tournament. But we were really there to experience first-hand the location where our Presbyterian tradition was […]
“You learn more from failing than you ever learn from winning” Ellis said to our son Ezra as we walked away from his soccer game this weekend. “Quit while you are ahead” was more my motto growing up, I thought to myself. I never allowed myself to fail. Never failed a test, never failed a […]
“Expect the expected.” That was what Seattle Mariners’ manager Scott Servais said earlier this week when asked about this weekend’s wildcard playoff game between the Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays. And yesterday afternoon when l checked the score at the top of the 6th to see that the Mariners were down by 7 runs, […]
Read more about Rev. Michael Davis here: https://epconnection.org/2022/08/25/michael-davis-named-epc-assistant-stated-clerk/ […]
A few days ago, I was dead asleep when my alarm went off. I almost always wake up before the alarm…and it was really loud…so I rolled over quickly to turn it off. What I didn’t realize was how close I was to the edge of the bed. I rolled right out of the bed…and […]
This summer, my family and I got to go back to our home country of the UK for the first time since the pandemic began. We visited all sorts of different places, like Dublin, Oxford, St Andrews and Edinburgh, taking in historic Christian sites, like Glendalough, Iona, and St Andrews Cathedral, alongside studying contemporary issues […]
Good morning everyone. My name is Julie Hawkins, and I am one of the pastors here. I can’t believe that this is the last week of summer break. Does anyone else feel like summer just flew by? And we are back to school this week! For all of you parents out there that are feeling […]
Our daughter owns a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. Recently, her home was invaded. By bats. A colony of bats squeezed their way into her wall and set up shop. Rachel called Terminix and got a quote for removing them. $1400. And they couldn’t do it until September. So, my industrious daughter took […]
One of my great joys in life is that I get to live near my family. Every Sunday night, my parents, grandparents, and any of my sisters who are in town gather together for family dinner. We sit around and talk, laugh, and eat. It is such a special time. And we all always get […]