Pastor’s Blog (Page 4)

In the opening pages of his gospel, Matthew informs us that the King entered our world as an infant. Matthew contrasts Him with that very small man who called himself Herod the Great. Remember the despot who was so threatened by what the magi said that he slaughtered all the babies in and around Bethlehem? Fast-forward from His infancy to the triumphal entry into…

Gaza…! and Jerusalem…! Two cities at war, headlining the news! Sometime back, the names of these two cities—Gaza and Jerusalem—were uttered by an angel. In the same breath! “Philip, arise and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza” (Acts 8:26). Things were different then. There wasn’t a war going on. Or was there? When Philip arrived, he found a…

As a kid I loved watching Mutual of Omaha’s weekly episodes of Wild Kingdom. I never tired of Mel Perkins’ travels to the far corners of the world and the drama of the animal kingdom in their natural habitat. And I can still hear in my mind the insurance company’s advertising jingle: Mutual of Omaha is people You can count on when the going’s tough. Recently…

November 3rd is Emancipation Day for me. It’s the day I sold my towing company and was delivered from the bondage of owning it and running it. The stresses were profound. I had horrific, near-daily headaches. (And who knows the extent of damage from the constant use of pain-killers!) All those years “the sleep fled from my eyes,” to quote Jacob who referenced his own…