We could write tonight about any number of things.  I was watching the Oscars just before getting online.  There is a much different feel this evening as they seem to just be nicer than usual.  Even the speeches are unusually eloquent.  But we won't get into that this time.  Writing on the problems in Russia could be timely.  Who couldn't see the handwriting on the wall when Ukraine began having real problems?  We will skip that one also.  I could talk about the awful weather of today.  March surely has its own set of weirdness when it comes to the climate.  Let's skip that one also.  Seems like there was one more idea but it escapes me at the moment.  So perhaps memory loss will be a topic soon.  Well, it will be if I remember it.

Our town is doing something unique that perhaps you read about last summer.  Four of our churches gather once a month or so now to worship together.  All of this started last summer on a whim or wild idea of mine.  Nobody could ever anticipate what would come of this.  You would think this was the greatest idea since sliced bread.  I would have to agree though what the big idea was before bread was sliced is unknown.  Something happens when congregations come together that does not happen any other way.  There is the Baptist church, the Methodist church, the Christian church and a non-denominational church who meet regularly.  When you draw a decent crowd in the midst of torrential rain along with a cold polar wind then you know something is going right. 

But there is one thing even beyond that which some may not realize is also a terrific blessing.  Four men are meeting to be alone and just talk about whatever comes to mind.  Our pastors are growing a resource in each other we never knew before.  Conversation runs from what our goals are in the community to just picking on each other.  Giving a hard time to the Methodist minister is fun since he is kind of new to the whole pastor thing.  We also ride the Christian minister as he is a newlywed.  You may think he is young from that statement but he was a widower prior to this occasion.  All of it is done with great love that seldom develops among ministers.

You would need to know that pastors or ministers do not always make friends easily.  We may have relationships based on what another can do for us.  That is pretty common among my tribe of Baptists.  There are times a connection happens over issues within a denomination.  We have to choose a group to align with then these guys become your companions.  But here is a place where we simply exist to be there for the other.  I really believe any of us could go to another with heartbreak or celebration just for the honesty of the moment.  You can feel a closeness among us when together.  My career spans about thirty years so far.  Let me count on one finger how often this type of relating became real.  My one prayer is it will continue as well as thrive.  I hope you will do the same.

Bro. Trey