Ken's e-Pistle May 1, 2024 I’ve been reading a bit about Gandhi lately. It seems appropriate in the light of all the protesting and violence which have afflicted our college and university campuses lately. I believe that all of us could stand a refresher on his salt-march to the sea. Ghandi was an admirer [...]
Ken's e-Pistle April 24, 2024 This is the week of Passover, the celebration of God’s love which delivered our Hebrew ancestors from slavery in Egypt and led them to the Promised Land. It is a story of high adventure, torturous endurance, amazing miracles, and the crucible in which a large part of our faith [...]
Ken's e-Pistle April 17, 2024 In preacherly circles there is a word, prolepsis, which means a foretaste of something coming. We could appropriately say that yesterday was a prolepsis of your new Pastor, Nicole, and her wonderful family. She came as advertised and I could already see the excitement in your eyes and theirs. [...]
Ken's e-Pistle April 10, 2024 I stopped at our community Conoco this morning on the way to the Office to get some gas and a cup of coffee. As I have stated before, this is the designated meeting place of what I call the "Council of the Wise." They congregate on the bench which [...]
Barbara “Nicole” Jiskoot grew up in Arcadia, FL, a small town known for its cattle, citrus, and world-class rodeo. Yet her interests were almost always academic. From an early age, she wanted to be a teacher. After graduating from Florida Southern College in 2004, Nicole taught U.S. History and language arts at Bartow Middle [...]
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