Intersections

Good morning, and thanks for coming today. You could have been anywhere in the world this morning, so it’s quite an honor to have your company. Once again, my name is Daniel Douglas, and I will be the new pastor at Bethany United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne starting on July 1st. Until then, it’s good that I get some practice.  I was born in south-central Wisconsin, and my parents brought me home to a town about the size of Garrett, a single-story ranch house. In front of that house, a couple of years before I was born, my dad planted two trees. You only know how much time passes if you can see the growth of objects you rarely see. My family and I moved out of that house six months later, but my uncle and aunt lived around the corner from that house, so when we would come back and visit, it’d be fun to see how much the trees had grown. As we grow, our perspective changes as well. The tree you thought was so giant as a kid doesn’t seem as big when you graduate high school. As time pas