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I’ve been blessed with the ability to be quite loud when I want or need to be.  When I was considerably younger and involved in athletics, my teammates could hear me from across the field, encouraging them on in their efforts.  Today, when I need to get a crowd at a function or church service… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective January 22, 2026

As part of my routine volunteer fire fighter training, I need to spend a certain number of hours each year driving the fire trucks during non-emergency response times.  To that end, I spent some time earlier this week just driving a fire truck around the island, making sure that I could get through some of… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective January 15, 2026

There’s a widely held belief that our island is a car-free place, where everyone gets around on golf carts.  I cannot tell you how many articles have been written about Daufuskie that say precisely that, presenting the image that this is a place where life is experienced at a leisurely pace.  It is an appealing… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective January 8, 2026

So many people have started this day out with their plan for the new year.  For some, that may be in the way of resolutions, others may have some sort of strategic plan, and many will at least have some broad objectives or goals.  Regardless of how those plans are structured, they are based on… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective January 1, 2026

In a very significant way, there’s a direct connection between Christmas and New Year’s Day.  Set apart by precisely one week, both holidays signify the importance of beginnings.  Christmas is the day of celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Messiah – the day that God entered the world as a human, beginning his march towards… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective December 25, 2025

We are one week away from Christmas Day. It is remarkable to me that people will respond to that one statement of fact in a variety of ways.  For some, there’s an almost giddy sense of anticipation, thinking about Christmas morning around the tree with loved ones and gifts, the warmth of love filling the… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective December 18, 2025

This morning, as dawn was introducing that slowly increasing glow of light that precedes sunrise, I was out with the dog for a walk.  Nine times out of ten, if he feels like walking beyond the edge of our driveway, he leads me to the left for a stroll of some undetermined length.  Today however,… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective December 11, 2025

In certain expressions of the Christian faith, the month of December is defined by Christmas but outlined by the four weeks of the Advent season.  The purpose of those four weeks is to look at four key concepts that sit at the heart of Christianity, highlighting attributes that should constantly be on display in the… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective December 4, 2025

You would think that, in the middle of a war that was tearing the very fabric of a nation, causing brother to fight against brother, the most logical thing for the leader of that nation to do would be to declare a national day of fasting, prayer, and repentance in pursuit of peace.  The logic… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective November 27, 2025

The next ten days will bring some spectacular events to our island community as we celebrate both as individual families and collectively as a community Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday season.  For any who have ever hosted a family Thanksgiving, there’s an instant recognition of the amount of work that goes into preparing,… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective November 20, 2025