Monthly Archives: October 2015

Once a month we have a potluck meal at church, Chestnut Hill Mennonite. I was captivated by the visual effect of this cream roll or whatever it is called.  To be sure, we eat well. Our ladies know how to … Continue reading →

Revelation 12:13 “I know where you live – where Satan has his throne.” Pergamum was the official center of Emperor worship in Asia.  The Emperor, Domitian, tolerated no disloyalty anywhere in the Roman Empire.  This put the believer group in … Continue reading →

Strange things happened in our little patch this year, including a tomato vine that went right up into the lilac bush. There the fruit seems safe.  Our vines seem unstoppable, like the proverbial bean stalk.

Revelation 2:9 “I know your affliction and poverty yet you are rich.” The city of Smyrna rivaled Ephesus as a great Roman trading city on the western coast of Turkey. We have no detail of the church there, but the … Continue reading →

On Isaac’s sixth birthday his daddy made him a Pokemon cake. The icing was out of this world, artwise and tastewise! Joel, Sara, Isaac, Jack and Ben are with Jane and Glenn next door for a few days until the … Continue reading →

Revelations 2:3, 4.  “You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.  Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.” John has just seen Jesus in glory and it … Continue reading →

I never did look up the name of this most common flower.  We even had them in Africa. They are non-assuming but hold for me a special delight. I think their seed has spikes that stick to clothing and to … Continue reading →

Revelation 1:17, 18 “Then he placed his right hand on me and said, ‘Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I was dead and behold I am alive forever and ever.  And I hold the keys … Continue reading →