Dexter's homegoing

In about an hour I will be part of a beloved man's homegoing celebration. Dexer Greenhaw, my music director and friend for the past 17 years, went to the other side Wednesday morning after a long battle with ALS. Dexter became my hero in how he handled his diagnosis and in how he showed me the joy of living while dying. He touched the lives of scores of people, many in his high school bands. He had a great sense of humor even in these last weeks. I never heard him complain. He was always positive and he made everybody who visited him feel better, while he suffered greatly. I'll miss him big time and so will his family and all his friends. I believe we are all better off because of this man called Dexter Greenhaw. Pray for us here at Friendship as well as his family as we go on with life.

God is good and all the time God is good. The best is yet to come.

Sunday, March 4th

This is my first attempt at blogging, so bear with me as I learn to do this. So, periodically I plan to share what's going on in my life and in the life of Friendship UMC. I begin with thougths on yesterday.

I felt awful. In fact, during the 8:20 service I had spots before my eyes and could not focus on my sermon. Thank goodness we did communion, so I didn't have quite as long of a sermon. During the time of coming forward to receiving the elements, it was interesting watching people place their commitment cards in the basket. Almost it seemed the longer a person had been in church the less likely they wrote down a financial commitment. For me, tithing is a life standard and I believe God blesses my life in proportion to my tithing. I can not longer afford not to tithe. If only people would get this spiritual principle, their lives would be better off.

The other two services went well. I felt a little better, though I've got a doctor's appointment at 2:15 today.

More later.

Calvin