Pastor’s Blog (Page 40)

Wow! Weren’t Sunday’s ministry reports encouraging!?! I came away with a deep sense of joy and gratitude for all that God is doing in and through us. What a thrill to hear your stories! It really is true—Sunday at 11:00 is only the tip of the iceberg of everything going on at Woodland Hills. What’s ahead for us? I don’t know, but here’s…

It was an encouraging sight here this morning! Today was the 7 Oaks Elementary School Teacher Appreciation Luncheon, and lots of folks were bringing baked goods by and still others were arriving to help serve the food. Betsy Killins pulled us all together for a prayer time and a brief reminder of why we’re doing all this—to spread the fragrance of the…

I remember the day I asked my dad if I could buy a used dirt bike—a Suzuki 80 that one of the other kids was selling. I was ten. My palms were sweating profusely as I came into the living room—I desperately wanted a Yes from him, but I didn’t think it was going to happen. I was so nervous I forgot my carefully crafted speech and just blurted out, “Dad, can I buy a…

Caps and gowns, tassles and cords, Pomp and Circumstance, diplomas and speeches… graduation is a big deal, isn’t it? As it should be! Graduation trumpets a fine accomplishment with appropriate honor and celebration. But the really big deal about graduation is what’s ahead. Thus the day’s more formal title. Commencement marks a new chapter with all sorts of fresh…

Seems like stress is turning up everywhere. There’s life-change stress, heart stress… now there’s even bank stress! What is stress? Stress is the strain that occurs whenever the demands exceed the available resources. Most of us don’t need a test to figure out we’re stressed. All we need is one look at the stack of bills on the table. It’s right there next to the…

Every so often we see a doomsday headline that predicts we’re on a collision course with a massive asteroid or some other space object. There’s one heading our way that may hit in April, 2029. Will that be the big one? Maybe. It’s just a matter of time—“the world will face an extinction-level impact at some point… but we don’t know when.” 1 Before you start…