November 2009 Archives

All in God's Good Time

Matthew 6:24-34

November 15, 2009

Rev. Nancy Pfaltzgraf

"What's the first emotion you feel when you think about money?" That's the question Susan McCarthy poses in an article titled The Truth About Money. Take a moment and think about it: "What's the first emotion you feel when you think about money?"

"For a lot of people," McCarthy continues, "it's anxiety. Money scares people because we have given it so much power in our lives. We fear making mistakes, losing our money, running out of it, being taken advantage of. We want money to solve our problems, and sometimes believe that to not have it makes us a failure. Money is a very good thing to have, of course. But it's not the key to a happy life."

Author and creator of the program Financial Peace University, Dave Ramsey echoes McCarthy's observations when he quotes statistics that assert "55% of the people in this country are always worried about money!"

Called to Love

2 Timothy 1:1-9a

November 1, 2009

All Saints Day

Rev Nancy Pfaltzgraf

It's getting to be that time of the year when I can light a fire in our fireplace. This is the first fireplace I've ever had and I love to snuggle up on a cold night with a blazing fire. But one of the things I have learned about a fire is that it needs tending. As time passes and the wood is consumed the blazing fire becomes smoldering embers and if you don't add more wood and stir up the flames it will eventually burn itself out.