Category: The Pastor’s Piece

Village Voices January 25, 2026 You may have read, seen, and/or heard about Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where a couple Sundays ago a mob of anti-ICE protesters swarmed the building and some of the agitators overtook the pulpit while others engaged in various combative and profane chants, insulting the worshipers and causing them […]

FCFI January 16, 2026 You’re probably not thinking about baptism right now, but we had one this week so I thought I’d bring it up. Actually, we have them all the time. When I first came to Martintown, a gentleman from our church asked if he could be baptized during a special evening service. Since […]

FCFI January 11, 2026 I’ve had a few very diverse experiences in my life – yet somehow closely related. My first trip across the country in an airplane was from Los Angeles to Chicago. I was about 20 years old at the time. Nothing exciting happened on that flight – unless lunch counts as exciting. […]

FCFI January 4, 2026 It’s a New Year – And during the New Year may you have enough happiness to keep you sweet – enough trials to keep you strong – enough sorrow to keep you human – enough hope to keep you happy – enough failure to keep you humble – enough success to […]

FCFI December 28, 2025 Our daughter had recently moved to a new place in a distant city and her split unit furnace/air conditioner quit working. She was very busy so her mom and I decided to help. Since we live nine hours away, all we could do was call on the phone. Regardless, we found […]

FCFI December 14, 2025 Christmas Traditions When I was a child, we never opened presents before Christmas morning. Some of my friends got to open theirs on Christmas Eve, but we always had to wait that extra sleepless night. Actually, we did open one present on Christmas Eve – a homemade one that we wrapped […]

FCFI December 7, 2025 Well, I would say we are fully into the Christmas season. It seems like we’re never quite ready for it when it arrives and by the time the season is over, it’s time. One of my favorite memories of Christmas as an adult was shortly after my wife and I were […]

FCFINovember 30, 2025 One of my all time favorite trips I’ve taken was during Covid when I drove from Wisconsin to Florida and back again. The nation was under lockdown and most people were simply not going anywhere – except for me. I’ve driven to Florida and back a few times in my life and […]