Oct 1, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
What do bowed heads and offering plates have in common? This is not a profound riddle, nor is the answer deep and opaque. Actually, there are two answers. The first is that both are visible signs of important Christian practices–prayer and stewardship. We bow...
Sep 27, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. In September, the sun begins to rotate in the sky and temperatures begin shifting downward. By October, leaves are bursting into full color and the world begins to look completely different. What a wonderful opportunity to...
Sep 20, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
Forty is a sacred number in the Bible. A generation was forty years. Issac and Esau married at forty. The Israelites wandered forty years in the wilderness. David and Solomon reigned forty years. Jesus spent forty days and nights in the desert prior to the formal...
Sep 13, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
thought·ful adjective \ˈthȯt-fəl\ 1 a : absorbed in thought : meditative b : characterized by careful reasoned thinking <a thoughtful essay> 2 a : having thoughts : heedful <became thoughtful about religion> b : given to or chosen or made with...
Sep 6, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
FIXERS is a group of church members that meet twice a month for breakfast and then works on small projects around the church. The FIXERS name itself is an acronym for Frequently Ingenious, eXremely Energetic, Righteous Servants, but even if your personality does not...
Sep 1, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the Fall 2012 Quarterly Explorer. When Dr. Clingenpeel asked me to assist with youth programming until a permanent staff member could be secured, for a brief moment, I wondered if I could re-invent myself and be an asset to the church and to...
