May 19, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the 2017 Spring Quarterly Explorer …is “stewardship.” It is third because “faith” and “balance” are necessary antecedents to stewardship. “Faith,” because without faith you would not be reading this article. “Balance,” because without...
May 18, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Have you ever come to the end of a really funny story or joke only to have it deflated by the listener who says, “I guess it loses something in the translation”? Have you ever read a gripping novel that doesn’t seem quite as convincing in the movie version – or...
May 12, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the 2017 Spring Quarterly Explorer Our new preschool director is Lyndsay McGreevy. Lyndsay took the reins of River Road Church Preschool Development Center in July, 2016, after Margaret Collins retired. Lyndsey began work right away and...
May 5, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the 2017 Spring Quarterly Explorer “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” — Leonard Bernstein These words Leonard Bernstein wrote on the day of the assassination of...
May 4, 2017 | Pastor's Blog |
I’m very much in favor of rocking in the sanctuary. If that sentence scares your britches off, fear not. I’m not talking about bringing in a full drum set, keyboards, fog machine, electric guitar, and a worship leader with more hair gel than Fantastic Sam’s. What I’m...
Apr 28, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the 2017 Spring Quarterly Explorer For six years, River Road Church and some neighboring churches have sent a team to the country of Panama to serve medical and dental needs of the people in rural communities there. After an official five-year...
