Jun 1, 2013 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the Explorer (June 2013 edition). “RVA Rapid Transit is going to bring rapid transit to Metro Richmond.” That is the statement on the RVA Rapid Transit Facebook page. I like the positive thinking. There is no hoping to bring, there is no trying...
Jun 1, 2013 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the quarterly Explorer – Summer 2013. They are not recognized as part of the liturgical calendar, but June, July, and August are important months of each year. Around church the pace changes, but does not stop. We no longer prepare an...
Jun 1, 2013 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the Explorer (June 2013 edition). Little snippets of information, “factoids” if you will, regularly cross my desk, adorn my mailbox, or land in my e-mail. Many of them pertain to our church, or the Church. Let me share a few of them with you....
May 1, 2013 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the monthly Explorer – May 2013. Recently a pastor wrote an account of a moment from his ministry. During the week after Christmas he learned that a three-month-old child had died unexpectedly during the night. He went to be present with...
Apr 1, 2013 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the April 2013 Explorer. As my days at River Road Church wind down, I thought it would be appropriate to share with you some of my observations about the journey we have shared these last nineteen months. (It is truly hard to believe it has...
