The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David”! “Blessed is he who comes in the name of The Lord!”” Hosanna in the highest heaven!” Matthew 21:9 (NIV) Palm Sunday has always been one of my favorite days in church. During yesterday's celebration Sunday school teachers, tiny tots, Pre-Kindergarten kiddos and elementary students lined the back of our sanctuary waiting for the queue to parade and with the downbeat of “Psalm 98, Si

Granddads Fiddle (For my Pop) My grand-father came from a land so far away. The family struggles shared by many too… But his father kept them true, by a craft known by so few, to keep his young boys hearts on what was right. A fine fiddle he did whittle, back then it seemed like little, But their fiddles kept them boys above the bar… And they’d fiddle day by day Cheering all that heard them play, That fiddle kept my Granddad from the fight. (Chorus) Ring, ring fiddle strings

...And God said that it was good. Genesis 1:9 I imagine most of us know the first few words of Louis Armstrong’s song, “What A Wonderful World” but if you can’t quite remember here are the first few lines: I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world... “And I think to myself, what a wonderful world”...how sweet are those words? Louis Armstrong’s classic tune is one that paints a beautiful picture of our wo