Paul Simrell2 Comments on Dear Faithful Readers

Dear Faithful Readers

Dear Faithful Readers

Well, to piggyback on a bit of famous movie dialogue, “I’mmmmmmm back!”

That is, at least in part.

Cleared by my surgeon to do “light desk work only” I am resuming the posting of this daily devotional blog.  I thank you, faithful readers, for your wonderful response to my wife Elizabeth’s posts during my time away.   I thank my dear wife as well, for her very capable and faithful posting of her own exploration of the scriptures and her musing about the Christian faith we joyfully embrace together.

I am happy to announce that Elizabeth will contribute again in the future as time and circumstance allows.

While it will still be weeks of physical therapy ahead, I look forward to sharing my thoughts with you – and, as always, to your faithful readership and prayerful support.

Thank you.

Paul

Published by Paul Simrell

The Reverend Paul W. Simrell has served for over thirty years in a variety of congregational and institutional settings. He is a recognized minister with standing in the Virginia region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada and is nationally endorsed by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for specialized ministry in both pastoral counseling and chaplaincy. Ordained in 1982, he has served congregations in Kentucky, Texas, Florida, and Virginia. He currently serves as the pastor of Elpis Christian Church, a small, historic congregation located just a few miles west of Richmond, Virginia. “Elpis” is the Greek word for “expectant hope.” He is a graduate of the University of Florida and Lexington Theological Seminary and has done advanced clinical training in chaplaincy and pastoral counseling at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky, Children’s Medical Center and Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas and the Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care in Richmond, Virginia. He is a Certified Pastoral Counselor, an ACPE Practitioner, a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, and a member of Spiritual Directors International. He is a Certified Facilitator of the Prepare-Enrich relationship assessment and skills-building program and served as a volunteer chaplain for over twenty years with the CJW Medical Center campuses in Richmond, Virginia. His avocational interests include playing the piano and drawing. He is very happily married to his wife Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell, a free-lance writer, who is also a Certified Facilitator for the Prepare-Enrich program. Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Categories Uncategorized

2 thoughts on “Dear Faithful Readers”

  1. Nancy April 6, 2015 — 9:32 pm

    Yay!! Nice to see you in print again. I have enjoyed all Elizabeth’s contributions but happy you are on the mend. Do’t over-do!

    Reply
  2. Sherry Arrington April 7, 2015 — 8:23 pm

    Great you are back, and I have enjoyed Elizabeths’ writings as well. Just be careful and don’t get to energetic to quick. You both make a great team.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

%d bloggers like this:
search previous next tag category expand menu location phone mail time cart zoom edit close