It’s Wednesday morning in Wake Forest, and everything appears quiet. Cold and quiet. There’s not much going on other than overcast skies.

But not for long! We have a major “Winter Weather Event” coming our way and odds are we’ll not only be blanketed with snow, but the snow will be followed by an ice-storm that could knock out power for several days.

If we do lose power then that would amount to a “brrrr & grrrr” event – the classic double-whammy.

A LITTLE HELP HERE! Meanwhile, with no dramatic snow photos to share at this point, I’d like you to take a look at my new column over at Wake Forest Today.

WFT is a really good news magazine, but it’s also a start-up enterprise. That means it’s very important that the site establish a noticeable footprint early on. This is where you can help. Every click counts. Here’s the intro, then (please) click on the WFT link for rest of the column.

WAKE FOREST is only the third community my wife and I have served since 1982, the year Rebekah was ordained as a “teaching elder” in the Presbyterian Church.

The first was Pensacola, a beautiful, vibrant town in the panhandle of Florida. Rebekah was associate pastor at Trinity Presbyterian Church, and I worked as an exceptional education teacher; we stayed 14 years…. click here for more….

SCRIPTURE: My Upper Room devotional reading today came from Romans 5. The entire passage is most excellent, but here’s the line that really caught my attention: “Hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts.”

God’s love is the quality of hope that never disappoints. May each one of you enjoy the kind of day where hope, and God’s good love, stand front and center in your experience.

Peace, promise, love, shivering (!)… and hope – DEREK