Before leaving on our recent trip to Mexico we switched to an international plan for our cell phones so we could be reached if needed. This plan would cost us $1.00 per minute for phone calls but was less expensive than renting a phone there. Our cell service was rather spotty ... Continue

A few weeks back the footrest springs on my recliner broke and over the next couple of days I spent quite a bit of time trying to locate where I could find replacements. After what I thought was an exhaustive search online, using every combination of search terms I could ... Continue

“Why do you look for the living among the dead? His is not here; He has risen! Luke 24:5b-6a He has risen; the truth of these three words forever changed the course of human history. Because Jesus died for the sins of all people and rose from the dead He has made ... Continue

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” I Corinthians 13:13 Faith, hope and love are three of the key words in all of scripture, which is not too surprising when we consider the roles of faith, hope and love in our lives ... Continue

Christmas 2012 is over. The presents are put away, the goodies have been eaten, thank you notes are written, the outside lights, decorations and tree have been taken down and everything has been packed away until next year. The one thing we don’t want to pack away until next year ... Continue

We just completed Black Friday, which really began on Thursday, and Cyber Monday, which really ran all weekend. If we had gone to stores on Black Friday or posted a survey online on Cyber Monday and asked people why they celebrated Christmas I suspect we would receive a variety of ... Continue

The theme verse for November should be I Thessalonians 5:18: “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” If we ever find ourselves in a place where we don’t know God’s will for us, a good way to find our way into His will is ... Continue

Happy Birthday Medford Friends Church! On Sunday, October 14, 2012, we will celebrate our 70th birthday as a church, worshipping and serving Jesus in our community. Medford Friends Church began out of a vision of Friends in Salem, Oregon, who recognized the value of planting a new Friends Church in Medford. ... Continue

A couple of weeks ago Patsy and I had the opportunity to watch Brett and Curtis Garrett in the Randall Theater production of “Fractured Fairy Tales.” It was great fun to see how the authors had taken the seed of well-known fairy tales, in this case “Cinderella” and “Goldilocks and ... Continue

I want to thank everyone in our body who participated in the “I Heart Rogue Valley” events last Saturday, July 28, and to thank Dave Gomez and Carla Tappero for all of their leadership in helping to make this event happen. Through the weekend, over 6,000 hours were given in ... Continue