Our Mission's Strategy
We are all increasingly aware of both the opportunities and challenges of living in a global economy. Ease of...
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Introducing Wine
For several months, our church’s Worship Committee and Session (board of elders) have been discussing the addition of wine to our ordinary celebration of the Lord’s Table...
Meeting Old Friends for the First Time
In the fall of 1991, my future mother-in-law gave me my first substantial book having to do with the Christian faith. At the time, I was not an enormous fan of reading, but the book title was more than arresting...
God's Presence and Blessing
The Bible presents us with a much more robust and realistic perspective on the life of faith than is commonly held today. Scripture does not teach that strong faith allows the believer to opt out of the difficult parts of life...
The Imposition of Change
Last week (Saturday, in fact) change was imposed upon my family. My eldest has been working from home for the past two months. As I head to my office, he sits down in front of two or three monitors, talking heads appear...
Unhindered
The last (Greek) word of the book of Acts is translated unhindered, though some translations render it with multiple words because of its complexity. Others move the word from its final position for more readable sentence structure.