Pastor's Blog (Page 25)

Perspective… is everything. Scenario 1: It’s late Friday afternoon. You and everyone else at the crowded airport are trying to get home after a long week. Every flight is packed! But you’re looking forward to tonight’s birthday party for your daughter. When you finally get your seat assignment your heart sinks as you realize you’re stuck in…

On a day that seemed like any other…  239 people in Kuala Lumpur boarded a plane for Beijing. Since more than 93,000 commercial flights take off and land every single day of the year without incident, these passengers had little reason to think their plane would not arrive. Just a few days later… 176 now unaccounted-for people in Oso, Washington were going…

Dear Woodland Hills Family, In the opening two verses of the book of Ruth we read that Elimelech and Naomi were Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah.  Why did the writer tell us this and what is an Ephrathite? Before it was called Bethlehem it was the ancient city of Ephrath. The Ephrathites, then, were the people of that ancient and noble lineage. To be born an Ephrathite…

Dear Woodland Hills Family, For our final gleanings on weakness and its benefits we turn to the Apostle Paul — one who was keenly aware of his weakness and inadequacy.  He used words like “always” and “constantly” when referring to the hardships he encountered. And then there was the constant plague of that debilitating thorn in his flesh. …