by Chris Walters | Jun 3, 2017 | Pop Culture, Stewardship
A couple months ago my son Tim asked me, “How many ‘Tim Walters’ are there in the world?” Good question, probably a lot. And then I thought, hmm, I bet there’s a website for this question … and, of course, there is: HowManyOfMe.com. According to this website, which...
by Chris Walters | Oct 19, 2014 | Sermons, Stewardship
Every so often when a prayer concern comes into the church office for something deeply troubling, like the illness of a child or the sudden death of someone way too young to die, I feel those hurting people, and God, too, are looking for some kind of prayer deeper...
by Chris Walters | Jun 22, 2014 | Methodism, Sermons, Stewardship
Are you bothered by cashiers and others in customer service jobs when they don’t say “thank you?” I am. Recently I was at a national restaurant chain of the “fast casual” type (name starts with “P”), and the young man who took my order was being trained by a young...
by Chris Walters | Mar 16, 2014 | Economics, Science, Sermons, Stewardship
In my former life as an IT professional I spent several years creating computer systems to crunch data and turn the results into user-friendly applications for analysis. When you do that kind of work you encounter vast and overwhelming amounts of data available to...
by Chris Walters | Nov 10, 2013 | Sermons, Stewardship
Recently we had a little issue in the church office when we ran out of toner for the printer/copier. Long story short, I drove up to the Canon distribution facility on a rainy day because we had to have that toner to print the newsletter, bulletins, etc. When I...