General Assembly Is Almost Here
This year, Pastor Jones and I will be participating in General Assembly. I am sharing this with you to encourage you in three ways. Please pray. Please pray for our meeting. As the author of Hebrews 13 writes, the elders of our denomination need...
Greeting the new with welcoming arms is not for everyone. Ours is an era similar to the Athens that greeted Paul, a city of “nothing except telling or hearing something new.” (Acts 17.21) Here is the clarion call of every technology company today...
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” – Colossians 3:16 There can be no...
The images of motherhood in Scripture give us insights into ourselves, into our mothers, into the pain of lost hope, the ache of longed-for identities, the startling gift of prayer, and the beauty of faith.
I don’t particularly care for numbers, but I’d like to share a few, especially since they connect with an application. So, out of character for me, I thought I would share some numbers that may help to give a picture our church body, a numeric...
Another Meditation on the Life of David
David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock in Bethlehem. ~ 1 Samuel 17.15 It must have been very difficult for the youngest son, who had...
Easter is here. Again. It was here five years ago, too. And ten years ago. It does seem to keep coming. I’ve been reading a short anthology of essays by people from the world of business; they mostly write about how to be business-y...
At church please pick up a copy of our Holy Week Reading Guide. This guide has been prepared to help you follow the events of the last week of Jesus before His death on the cross. The week begins Saturday evening when Jesus and His disciples...
Wondering what good gift to give that special someone for a birthday, anniversary, or Pi Day (3-14)? The possibilities seem endless… and sometimes, so does the angst over finding just the right gift. Jesus indicates that like our earthly...
At first glance, the results of this report are deeply troubling. Young people today are describing staggering levels of loneliness, living in a world saturated with connectivity but perilously lacking connection.
