Following the 10:00am service last Sunday, I spent time on the Bluff with the families of the four children I had just baptized. ...Keep Reading

This week my oldest son Sam turned 17. It does not seem that long ago that Lisa and I brought him home from the hospital. So, now we have a 17 year old and a two-year-old with four others running around the house. Lisa and I calculated except for a 14-month break, we have been changing diapers for nearly 16 years! Life is always busy in the Riddle household....Keep Reading

Have you ever had so much to do that you just couldn't seem to catch up? I'm in one of those places right now - I know because this morning I woke with these words from one of my favorite Frankie Laine songs running through my mind!...Keep Reading

It is amazing how quickly plans can change, in an instant, at the drop of the hat. We were moving forward, things were going well, we were making progress and then "it" happens....Keep Reading

Over 150 years ago members of The Church of the Cross decided to build a Sanctuary much larger than their present congregation. Just a handful of people built a house of worship that could seat 500. Why?...Keep Reading

The 2017 Annual Gathering and Celebration . . . is only a few short days away - next Monday, January 16th - and my excitement is growing as I put the final touches on my portion of the agenda and become aware of all that is being done to make the evening memorable . . . WOW!...Keep Reading

An individual to play the organ for two services on Sunday mornings at the Historic Campus, one traditional (8am) and the other blended (10am). ...Keep Reading

I love starting a New Year. How strange that the passing of the date from December 31st to January 1st can give us a sense of closing an old chapter and starting a new one. Yet, it does!...Keep Reading

Every year The Church of the Cross is involved in Operation Christmas Child. Every year we collect more and more boxes, this year it was 600....Keep Reading

I have a different view of Christmas than in years past. Lisa has always done the Christmas shopping for our children's gifts. It has gotten increasingly harder as our family has grown. Last year I made suggestions of better ways she could shop for the children's gifts. ...Keep Reading