South Lyon Church
The 40 Challenge
I just love numbers. They are exact, precise, and to the point. Well, except if you have a transcendental number like “pi”. But aside...
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- Aug 18
- 2 min
Under Twenty
I went to a soccer match at South Lyon High the other day to watch our neighbor’s son play. I stood with his dad and some other dads...
South Lyon Church
- Apr 7
- 2 min
PRAYING THROUGH PENTECOST
He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens...
South Lyon Church
- Mar 26
- 2 min
Journey to 21860
Our theme and our focus for 2022 has been “The Journey.” We chose this theme to represent the journey we are all on as we move closer to...
South Lyon Church
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Keeping up With the Joneses
The saying “Keeping up with the Joneses” comes from a comic strip from 1913. Most of us know it as a saying about competing with or...
South Lyon Church
- Jan 7
- 3 min
BACKSEAT
At the beginning of this week, we were able to fit three adults in the back seat of our car. (Now, it was not the most comfortable fit as...
South Lyon Church
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
1924 Broadway
I wonder if someone inside this address in Lubbock, Texas was praying for me. If it would have been prior to early September 1982, they...
South Lyon Church
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
CALIFORNIA DREAMING
Thirty-five years ago Holly and I were part of a group that left West Texas to move to California. The group left the comforts of a large...
South Lyon Church
- Jan 17, 2021
- 3 min
RETIREMENT
Not planning to retire anytime soon, maybe when I’m around 70, so I have a few years left. In those few years, I will work toward my...
South Lyon Church
- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
ONe
Except for the times it is associated with first, one gets a bad rap. And even being associated with first isn’t always great. I would...
South Lyon Church
- Nov 8, 2020
- 3 min
And the winner is...
Well, at the time of writing this, we don’t know for sure. But then again, we do. No, it is not the Republican party and their list of...
South Lyon Church
- Feb 2, 2020
- 3 min
A Recipe for Disaster
Somewhere along the line, I became the breakfast cook in our family. It may have been because of my love for breakfast, or that I was...
South Lyon Church
- Oct 28, 2019
- 4 min
Out of the Zoo
Reposted from Hannah Orr's blog. A while back I discovered that many zoos have special times where people can come and feed giraffes...
South Lyon Church
- Oct 14, 2019
- 3 min
Plateau
I love geography, quite possibly because of it’s connection to weather. We in the Midwest are in an area unique to anyplace else in the...
South Lyon Church
- Oct 7, 2019
- 3 min
What Night?
A couple of weeks ago, I talked about the changing of the times for our campus devotionals. The changes weren’t based on needs or how to...
South Lyon Church
- Sep 21, 2019
- 3 min
Six Thirty Seven
I remember when I first started attending a campus ministry almost forty years ago. The times of the Monday and Friday devotionals were...
South Lyon Church
- Aug 21, 2019
- 3 min
Simple Math
I really shouldn’t work on my financials just before I go to bed. Some may say, “Yeah, it is too depressing” and some months it could be,...
South Lyon Church
- Jul 6, 2019
- 2 min
Steps Taken
I am not sure how they calculated it or why they even did, but someone has calculated how many miles Paul traveled. The calculation from...
South Lyon Church
- Jun 28, 2019
- 3 min
Loved and Prayed For
Ever have a bad day at work? Maybe you just got up on the wrong side of the bed, especially difficult if it is the side toward the wall....
South Lyon Church
- Jun 16, 2019
- 3 min
Fathers stepping up
I remember a number of things about my dad as I was growing up. He was always there when I had a ballgame, be it baseball, basketball or...