Back in the day when my kids were young there was a wonderful children’s book, “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.” The illustrations were fantastic and the story line was delightful. In the story a young child gives a mouse a cookie, but if you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask… Read More »

  By Reverend Donn I do not plan on selling my house, I like it and I like where we live, so I do not plan on selling it. And I do not plan on buying a house. As I said, I don’t plan on selling my current house and I can’t afford a second… Read More »

By Reverend Donn: Most of us have at least a passing familiarity with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, ‘For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven…’ Back in the 1960’s a pop/folk/rock group called ‘The Byrds’ released a song titled, “Turn, Turn, Turn” using the words of that passage as the lyrics.… Read More »

By Rev. Donn Brammer Some people will sometimes use the summer as a time to read books and there is a certain book I invite you to read that you may have read before. The first and most important thing I will tell you about the book is it is short, very short, about 3… Read More »

School is over but summer is a great time for us to try new things, to continue to learn. We can learn how to swim, how to square dance, how to play guitar, how to paint or learn a foreign language. Some years ago I heard about a woman in California named Florence Detler who… Read More »

By Reverend Donn We came out of one of the most picturesque Easter Sunrise Services I have ever seen and heard about the bombings in Sri Lanka. Before the week after Easter ended, we heard about a shooting at a synagogue in California. We turn on our TV’s and hear language of hate and blame… Read More »

By Reverend  Donn During the season of Lent people may try a variety of things to deepen their spiritual life and improve their walk with Christ. Some people will give up chocolate, or TV, or gossip; others may decide to add more time for devotions, Bible Reading or prayer. But sometimes we can be distracted… Read More »

By Reverend Donn “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God, not because of works, lest any [one] should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) As we come into the season of Lent, let me share with you a personal confession. I have an… Read More »

By. Reverend Donn Brammer I am going to share with you 4 words with short definitions, and 1 opportunity. Pity. Pity is when we recognize another person is suffering. Sympathy. Sympathy is when we care about another person’s suffering. Empathy. Empathy is when we feel another person’s suffering. Compassion. Compassion is when we want to… Read More »

By Reverend Donn As we face a New Year I want to remind us of a story in the Bible (Numbers 13) when the Israelite’s came to the Promised Land. You may recall that God had delivered the Israelite’s out of slavery and out of the land of Egypt. But even though God had provided… Read More »