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Yesterday, as I was driving the ladder truck back to the fire house after a morning training session, I passed several golf carts filled with visitors and gave them our normal wave (we wave a lot here while driving, whether we know you or not).  As I continued on, for some reason my strange brain… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective July 25, 2024

Our island community is the sort of place that is easy to fall in love with.  Frankly, most of us who live here fell in love with the island within hours of being on it, knowing almost immediately that it was where we wanted to be.  But those unquantifiable feelings of having found our home… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective July 18, 2024

Today we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence nearly 250 years ago.  The document itself is one of the most profound statements of human behavior and human rights in the context of community, and the principles elicited within it have shaped what is arguably the greatest nation on this planet, providing the basis… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective July 4, 2024

We live in a world where it is becoming increasingly easier to find out almost anything about a person.  Regardless of how you feel about it, the more connected we become through electronic/digital methods, the more likely our information is to become discoverable – even if we think things are being kept private.  Even our… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective June 27, 2024

Summer is the busiest time of the year on our island, with lots of family, friends, and tourists coming to enjoy our community.  As a direct result, various entities such as the church plan for more activities, which means that more people are doing more work to help make these activities and events successful.  Certain… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective June 20, 2024

As a pastor with preaching and teaching responsibilities, it is critically important that I know not only what the Bible says, but also what it means.  At the same time, I also acknowledge that I neither know nor understand perfectly what the entirety of Scripture says.  There are several points that will remain a mystery… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective June 13, 2024

We are now officially in hurricane season.  For those of us who live along the coast in the southeastern United States, that means time to consider the “what ifs” and plan accordingly, knowing that it is possible that the atmospheric and oceanic conditions could conspire in just the right manner at any time over the… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective June 6, 2024

If someone tells you not to touch a hot stove but you do it anyway and get burned, what do you think about the pain that results?  Or if someone warns you not to jump off a ledge that is ten feet high, and you do it anyway and break your ankle, should that be… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective May 30, 2024

During our firefighter training this week, the crew went for a site visit to the tallest building in our community to walk through various fire attack scenarios.  What makes this building unique to our island is that it has a standpipe system that allows a fire truck to attach a line from the truck to… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective May 23, 2024

According to an often-referenced legend, when Napoleon Boneparte was leading the French army, a summer heatwave struck with debilitating effect.  One of Napoleon’s aides asked the general what the appropriate action would be.  Napoleon’s response was to have the army make encampments under the shade of the trees.  However, there were not many trees to… Continue reading Pastor’s Perspective May 16, 2024