Satisfaction Tom Euston A week ago today, Marie and I came home from our first camping trip in about two years. Despite some problems with the camper and our truck, we had a great time. My sister in law was also camping in the same campground with her children. Her husband and I worked all week, and while I commuted from the campground, it wasn’t practical for him to. On the Saturday before we left, my niece and nephew asked if I would take them fishing. The campground has a

Decisions, Decisions Tom Euston This mornings Gospel reading is a flashback. It is a continuation of last weeks reading from Mark which ended like this: He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. He said to them, ‘Wherever you enter a house, stay there u

Journey of Faith Tom Euston Last Sunday afternoon, I read the Scriptures for today and planned roughly what message today’s sermon would bring. But, as is sometimes the case, my plans fall through, and this is one of those times. Monday seemed to be a pretty typical day, at least in the morning. But, the afternoon was anything but typical. I came back from lunch, and one of my co-workers pulled me aside and asked if I had heard about one of our previous coworkers. I knew he h