It's been a while since I did one of these weekly updates - and I miss doing them! So, back at it again. It's funny that the last one of these I posted , I was also at my dad and sister's house - aka "The Meadow" - for a part of the week. I decided I'd put together a little photo carousel of last week and then chat about what happened. The biggest accomplishment of the week was passing the certification exam that is part of the requirements for becoming an Accredited Financial Counselor. In a...

Sermon delivered at Central United Methodist Church, Richmond, Indiana, November 2, 2025 All Saints Sunday – Luke 19:1–10 Our reading today comes from the 19th chapter of Luke, but I want to rewind all the way back to the beginning of the book and read verses 1–4 from New Testament Scholar N.T. Wright’s The Bible for Everyone  translation : 1 Many people have undertaken to draw up an orderly account of the events that have occurred in our midst. 2 It has been handed down to us by the original...

Dad working on the "impossible" puzzle I spent most of the week at what I lovingly refer to as the Meadow, which is my dad and sister...