I went to bed last night having seen that the outside temperature was -3℉. This morning, it was up to 2℉ when I drove to work. Before it…
Inspiration
Lessons from the Retail World
Pastor and church consultant Carey Nieuwhof wrote the following observations about what the decline in retail/mall shopping can teach…
Traveling by a Different Way
HAPPY NEW YEAR! The new year is a time that people make resolutions on how they want to move ahead in better ways in the coming year….
There Is Still Good News
As long as I can remember, one of the Christmas messages from churches is that it’s a good thing Jesus came to “save us all from Satan’s…
“Abundant Life, Joyous Generosity”
“Abundant Life, Joyous Generosity” Stewardship at Westminster Presbyterian Church God’s Resources Managed by God’s People in God’s Way…
Kairos Time Brings Hope
A fellow pastor recently shared the following: “Not exactly the proudest time in history to be male: a male Supreme Court nominee with…
Peace At All Times, In All Ways
“Now may the Lord of peace…give you peace at all times in all ways.” — 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Sometimes it feels the world is coming at…
When Values Collide
My paternal grandmother believed that guns should not be toys and toy guns were not to be given to her grandsons. Such was her force of…
We are Called to Welcome and Receive Children as Jesus Did
This past Sunday, as we celebrated the children of our church school, I shuddered inside to think of what those smiling faces would look…
Building With More than Simply Bricks and Mortar
The first church I served was a small church, once in a rural setting now yielding to housing subdivisions. About 10 years before I…
Celebrate Holy Humor Sunday, April 8th
Many American churches are resurrecting an old Easter custom begun by the Greeks in the early centuries of Christianity − “Holy Humor…
Unthinkable
After I got raped, one of my problems was that my thoughts were unthinkable. This problem joined other, more pressing ones. Where could I…