Category: The Pastor’s Piece

FCFIOctober 5, 2025Body Piercing – Painful, gritty, and oddly humorous …When I was about 6 years old, my younger brother (John, 5 years old) and I were playing inthe barn one day. I suggested we go up to the haymow and pitch down some hay. Thisseemed like a good idea. He went up the ladder […]

September 28, 2025We serve a God who rules over all, and we can rest tonight because we know He isn’t going totake the night off. We are not trapped in some aimless universe, spinning on a doomed planet,living a meaningless life and dying a hopeless death. Our God is eternal and all-powerful andutterly sovereign. What […]

September 21, 2025 It’s the simple things in life that bring the most satisfaction. I have an older F250 Ford truck with a 7.3 Powerstroke diesel motor. It runs great once you get it started. But it will not start without help if the temperature falls below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. By help I mean you […]

FCFI September 14, 2025 Politics and tragedy seem to go hand in hand. In our history, four U.S. presidents have been assassinated while in office: Abraham Lincoln, killed on April 14, 1865. James Garfield, shot on July 2, 1881. William McKinley assassinated September 6, 1901 and died eight days later. And John F. Kennedy was […]

FCFI September 7, 2025 We’ve been fixing up our old barn. It was built in 1959 – the same model year as me. Along with mowing the lawn, we decided to make it our summer work project this year. We’ve been removing boards and nailing boards back on all summer long. Some of the jobs […]

FCFIAugust 31, 2025Traffic is a funny thing. Back in the day, before the Interstate system, America drove thebackroads. Probably the most famous was Route 66 that stretched from Chicago to LosAngeles and was lined with hundreds of mom-and-pop shops along the way.Before that, we have old pictures of my wife’s great-grandparents traveling from Wisconsin toCalifornia […]

FCFI August 24, 2025 Sometimes, as I minister to the people in our congregation – and others – I feel a bit like a parent. I sit with people when they’re sick. I offer comfort in sorrow, and hope when everything seems hopeless. I try to help and encourage, wherever and whenever I can. I’ve […]

August 17, 2025 Forgetting is something that plagues us all regardless of age. Children forget. Teens forget. Adults forget. Seniors forget. It’s part of the human condition. It reminds me of someone I met years ago who left an impression on me – which I’ve never forgotten. What happened was, a man from our congregation […]