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17 Sept 2009
About Me
- Dayton D. Mix
- Clarks Mills, Pennsylvania, United States
- I'm a husband, a dad, a son, a grandson, a pastor, & now a grandpa, too! Those are the basic hats I wear in my daily life. I was born & raised in rural Pennsylvania couple of miles from the New York border in a small town, Shinglehouse (Potter County). I struggle with my weight & my own quirks just like everyone else does. I became a United Methodist pastor in 1996 and was ordained in 2003. While I'm officially Methodist, I also consider myself a “charismatic” Christian, as well as an “evangelical”, although not everything identified with either of those labels fits me perfectly. I enjoy genealogy but seldom have time to do much with it. I like playing with eBay. I like to read, watch movies, camp, hike, and talk. I LOVE to write, but usually don't worry too much about formal grammar... instead choosing to write as I probably would speak. And even though I can spell pretty well, I'm a lousy typist, so be gracious. I update my blogs as often as I can, but I have a real life that demands me NOT being at the computer all the time... so there are dry spells!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Greener grass
I took a picture of this piece of artwork in my doctor's office because it just struck a chord with me. How many times do we want what someone else has, or what is just beyond our reach when we have exactly what we need already? In this picture it's made even more poignant because what doesn't satisfy one cow, is exactly what another one desires so much!
Names & faces come to mind! (Especially the face I always see in the mirror!!!!)
Saturday, April 10, 2010
FUNERAL: Robert D. Sherretz
One of the tougher things I do in my "Mixed Ministries" is the funerals. Today was one of those days. I officiated as we said farewell to one of the congregation's men and thanked God for his life. Bob Sherretz was always a little bit in the background when I saw him. He had a quick wit and a quick word, even though he no longer had a quick step.
During the funeral, his son Mike drew attention to a plaque he and his dad had seen right there in the lobby of Snyder's Funeral Home, here in Reynoldsville. It said:
It was especially fitting since I had felt so strongly that the Scripture passage I was to use was Second Corinthians 5:1-10, which talks about our earthly bodies are like a tent, just a temporary home away from our real home. Tents aren't expected to last forever. Eventually, you start to long for the permanence, safety, security, and comfort of your real home.
Bob's body had been wearing down. bit by bit, for such a long time that the sign Mike shared, and the Scripture God led me to, really seemed to fit this quick, yet quiet, man we had come to honor and commend to Almighty God.
Jesus said (John 14) that he was "going to prepare a place" for us... Bob has given up his temporary 'tent' of a home here on earth for the one Jesus has been preparing for him there. TALK ABOUT AN UPGRADE!
All that's left is to wait till more of the family come on home as well! As Bob has been finding out for a few days now, there's quite a family reunion when a Christian gets through death and enters Heaven.
Please continue to lift up his family in their time of grief.
During the funeral, his son Mike drew attention to a plaque he and his dad had seen right there in the lobby of Snyder's Funeral Home, here in Reynoldsville. It said:
Bob had agreed and chuckled that it had really captured what it meant to live life well.Life's journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways totally worn out shouting "Woo-hoo! What a Ride!"
It was especially fitting since I had felt so strongly that the Scripture passage I was to use was Second Corinthians 5:1-10, which talks about our earthly bodies are like a tent, just a temporary home away from our real home. Tents aren't expected to last forever. Eventually, you start to long for the permanence, safety, security, and comfort of your real home.
Bob's body had been wearing down. bit by bit, for such a long time that the sign Mike shared, and the Scripture God led me to, really seemed to fit this quick, yet quiet, man we had come to honor and commend to Almighty God.
Jesus said (John 14) that he was "going to prepare a place" for us... Bob has given up his temporary 'tent' of a home here on earth for the one Jesus has been preparing for him there. TALK ABOUT AN UPGRADE!
All that's left is to wait till more of the family come on home as well! As Bob has been finding out for a few days now, there's quite a family reunion when a Christian gets through death and enters Heaven.
Please continue to lift up his family in their time of grief.
Friday, April 02, 2010
Christianity on the Gogh
This was my pastor's Easter letter this year. Clicking on the image ought to bring up a larger version.
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