FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK:

Independence!  That is a popular word and concept these days.  Most of us, when we are growing up, look forward to our independence, to being “on our own”.  What we don’t realize is we are never truly “on our own”.  All of us are responsible to and usually for others.  Think of all the places and contexts in which we are accountable: family, work, church, citizenship, just to name four.  A person who is passionately interested…