Oct. 8, 2006 our family celebrated the life of my Great Uncle, Charles LaPradd. We spent the afternoon catching up with family and talking about the great times that we spent on the farm each year during our family reunion. Here are some photos!
In contemporary Christianity there is an essential difference between belief and faith. Our religious beliefs are the visible expression of our faith, our personal commitment to the person of Jesus. However, if the Christian beliefs inherited from our family and passed on to us by our church tradition are not grounded in a shattering, life-changing experience of Jesus as the Christ, then the chasm between our credal statements and our faith-experience widens and our witness is worthless. The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it - B. Manning