Category Archives: In A Nutshell

Spreading the Good News in Every Imaginable Way There’s nothing quite like creative new ideas to help spread the Good News of the Gospel and other passages of Scripture.  Just last month Elizabeth Feldman and Natalie Bunt tidied up the library and came across a surplus of Bibles that were in excellent condition. Elizabeth suggestedContinue reading “In A Nutshell | July 8, 2022”

Finding Calm after the Storm The storms of mid-June created quite a stir in our area, cutting a swath of destruction through a number of communities and neighborhoods. Many of you sustained considerable damage to your property and a lengthy loss of power, but thankfully, there were no serious injuries. The splintered trees and scatteredContinue reading “In A Nutshell | July 1, 2022”

What’s Your Ultimate Destination?  It’s late June, and just about everyone is in vacation mode. With the worst of the pandemic seemingly behind us, people are more anxious than ever to get out of their house and out of their routine in search of a destination that can provide a source of fun and excitementContinue reading “In A Nutshell | June 24, 2022”

What a Day for a Daydream!  Enjoy! Nutshell (June 12): What a Day for a Daydream!  As the turbulent decade of the sixties came to a close, more and more pop-rock groups released mellow, peace-seeking songs, among them John Sebastian’s composition, “What a Day for a Daydream,” performed by Sebastian’s group, The Lovin’ Spoonful.   The tranquilContinue reading “In A Nutshell | June 10, 2022”

Adapting to Change Believe it or not, the last known telephone booth in America was removed from the corner of a busy intersection in New York City late last month. One would have thought that pay phones would have disappeared long ago, and for the most part they did, but the one in New YorkContinue reading “In A Nutshell | June 3, 2022”

What Can the Church Do? Here we sit, fewer than two weeks after a mass shooting in Buffalo, and we are mourning another horrific tragedy — made even worse by the fact that almost all of the victims were young children. Loss of life brings sorrow at any age, but when children are the onesContinue reading “In A Nutshell | May 27, 2022”

Exercising Caution at Life’s Crossroads Have you ever cruised through a yellow light at an intersection? Of course, most of us have at one time or another. Sometimes, the changing light catches us off guard, and we have no choice but to proceed through the intersection. Other times, we are in a hurry, so weContinue reading “In A Nutshell | May 20, 2022”

Faith Over Foolish Superstitions Are you superstitious? Some people are over the top in that regard. Others pay little or no attention, but because today is Friday the 13th, perhaps we could take a look at what it is that causes us to avoid broken mirrors, cracks in the sidewalk, and walking under ladders. WhenContinue reading “In A Nutshell | May 13, 2022”

Walk a Mile in Their Shoes Empathy is a powerful human emotion, but none of us really knows what it is like to “walk in another person’s shoes.” It becomes even more difficult when we try to imagine what it’s like to travel about with no shoes at all. Most of us have at leastContinue reading “In A Nutshell | May 6, 2022”

Surrendering to the One True Superhero I was never really a big fan of the Marvel Superhero Comic Book series, although several of the guys in my neighborhood were voracious readers of the franchise. In fact, one of them was a talented artist and even created his own storylines. As for me, I preferred toContinue reading “In A Nutshell | April 29, 2022”