In 1912, Whitman’s Chocolates and Confections company began production of the product that is now the only thing that is known by the Whitman’s brand: the Whitman’s Sampler. Now I’m no snob when it comes to chocolate, but the Whitman’s Sampler was probably the first box of assorted chocolates that I really remember. Maybe you’re…

You know those self-serve kiosks that keep on popping up in grocery stores and fast food restaurants? Well, I’m pretty sure those are the work of the devil. Here’s why. In the early 1800’s, a Jewish preacher and teacher named Rabbi Haim taught a village of Lithuanians an interesting allegory for life. He said that…

The other day, my three year old daughter Willow told me that it “wasn’t Valentine’s Day” anymore. I chuckled and then asked her, “well, what day IS it, Willow?” She didn’t quite know, so she looked around and saw that Liz and the other girls had put up some shamrock decorations for St. Patrick’s day.…

This past week we started our new sermon series on “Measuring UP” for Lent. The idea of the series is that we would measure ourselves against God, and finding ourselves unable to measure up to God, going to Him for His immeasurable mercy. One of the things that I’m playing around with this Lent is…

In the late 1700’s when Napoleon’s forces were invading Austria, the small town of Feldkirch was getting ready to celebrate Easter day when they heard word that the French forces were just outside of the town limits. A town council was soon called to discuss what to do. One member of the council made an…