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 1, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
Ken Myers is a former reporter for National Public Radio who publishes a bimonthly audiozine called Mars Hill Audio Journal. It consists of a series of interviews with thought leaders in a variety of disciplines. Myers is a perceptive observer of the interplay between...
Sep 1, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
I am a glass-half-full kind of guy. Generally I can spot the first slender streak of blue that emerges in a cloudy sky. Some people see the dead rabbit under a bush; I see ripe apples on a nearby tree. There are days that do not deserve such facile optimism, but I...
Aug 1, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
We lost three full-time associate ministers during 2011. Almost a year has passed since these associates have been replaced with the first of four interim, part-time associates in pastoral care, youth, children, and education and spiritual formation respectively....
Jul 1, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
School is out, the summer Solstice is past, high 90’s have arrived—and that includes the humidity as well as temperatures. Our nation is about to celebrate another birthday. The long days of summer are marked by vacations, but River Road Church does not go on holiday....
