Heading Toward 60th Anniversary Celebration

Dear Central Family, I look forward to seeing you on Sunday. I certainly missed being away from you, but had some much needed time to relax and refresh with my family. As you know, we are heading toward our 60th Anniversary celebration on September 5th and 6th. You...

July 19 Sonny’s Sayings

I was recently telling someone about our church, and who we are, and I was saying something like, “We have liberals and conservatives, rich and poor, straight and gay. We have teetotalers and wine connoisseurs, old and young, Ph.D.’s and high school drop-outs. But...

July 5 Sonny’s Sayings

When I look around my office, I see all sorts of things that are “hand-crafted”: I see lots of books; I see a painting given me by Jeanne Ballve’. I see a sketch of my previous church and its altar by a good friend of mine, Orrin Morris. I see a beautiful ornate...

June 28 Sonny’s Sayings

A major theme in my devotional life and thought over the years has been to ponder the relationship between Jesus and His disciples. So often, when we read the gospels, we are left with a sour taste in our mouth toward the disciples, much of it deserved. They don’t get...

June 21 Sonny’s Sayings

In case you have not been paying attention to the news lately, it has been pretty grim. There are natural disasters that seem to come on a weekly basis. There are tensions between police and the citizenry, which seem to be at an all time high, right along with the...