by Jim Welch | Aug 2, 2024 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I have yet to recover from last weekend. I am not kidding. Maybe I’m just too old for 18-hour days. Maybe the emotional energy required to properly conduct a very special wedding is too much for this old guy. Or maybe I’m just lazy. Last weekend was not just a...
by Jim Welch | Jul 26, 2024 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
We have lost another dear friend of Peninsula. Last Sunday, our own Don Bricker made his transition from life on earth into presence of God. What a journey that must be. In the last few weeks, he prayed daily that he might make that journey. Life had become difficult...
by Jim Welch | Jul 19, 2024 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
My blood is boiling. What is going on in California? Not much real love for children. Or parents. Our governor just signed a law that puts 10 million children and adolescents in grave danger of medical mistreatment. The media headlines have it wrong. They claim that...
by Jim Welch | Jul 5, 2024 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
When you buy something online these days, you often have to “sign” some sort of contract. To play an online game you have to sell your soul. There are now pieces of our soul out there somewhere. Who knows how many stipulations we have agreed to just to play a game. I...
by Jim Welch | Jun 28, 2024 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
On Thursday we celebrate 248 years since we declared our independence from that nation across the pond. It has been a national journey blessed by God’s grace. We cannot deny that God has used America for His purposes historically, but it is always difficult to decide...
by Jim Welch | Jun 21, 2024 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
It has been a rough week in my life. One might assume the passing of my 100-year-old (plus one day) dad would not be an painful event. But it is. It came as an unwelcomed surprise since we didn’t get to celebrate him as a family. As waves of emotions and memories have...
