Pastor's Blog (Page 47)

Ah, Spring! …fresh flowers, cool breezes, birds singing, new growth… and love birds (the featherless type) strolling hand-in-hand, laughing and giggling, a bit glassy-eyed, and rather unaware of schedules or deadlines… Only one thing is on their minds: being with the other. There’s something about being with the person you love, whether it’s…

One of the most frantic calls a towing service ever receives is from a cement truck company: “We’ve got a fully loaded mixer broken down at Main and Blossom! We need you there ASAP!” Because when that drum stops turning, the concrete sets up fast! And if the concrete sets up in the drum, someone has to get inside that mixer drum and chisel out the…

Remember Daniel? —the young teen carried off to captivity in Babylon? —who purposed not to defile himself by all the godlessness around him? —interpreter of dreams? —the lions’ den guy? Remember him? Well, in chapter 9 of his book he’s eighty-something years old, wearing sackcloth, covered with ashes, fasting, praying, and confessing sins. And not just any…

What went wrong? Each driver wanted that spot in the road. At the same time. Neither would yield. And now, one lucky driver is receiving a citation! Failure to Yield Right-of-Way. Ouch—this is going to get expensive! I find life is a lot like driving — often my will collides with another’s because neither of us will yield… and things get messy in a hurry.…

“May it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” (Galatians 6:14) In the spirit of lifting high the cross of Christ our Savior, I thought you would appreciate this story written by Michael W. Riggs. In 1967, while taking a class in photography at the…

A recurring nightmare I had while in school was that I would show up for class one day and in sudden horror and disbelief realize, “Oh, no!!! Test today?!?” Have you ever met anyone who looks forward to exams? You’d probably raise an eyebrow about such a person. These days we test everything, it seems: scholastics, equipment, strength, satisfaction,…