Since our granddaughter moved away, we regularly video chat. It is lots of fun to watch her experience her new home and love her new sister. Her mother will just give her the phone from time to time, and she’ll run and hide to talk to Pawpaw (me). But she does little talking. Mostly she …
Category Archives: Pastor’s Blog
Fear or Faith
Recently, our newest Supreme Court Justice, Amy Coney Barrett, told an audience that Supreme Court Justices are not partisan hacks. Here is a CBS News article about it. She wanted people to understand this because many are confused about how two judges can reach such different conclusions in the same case. The difference between them …
Sunday Best
For those of you who don’t know, I have two places which are my favorite to eat in our beautiful little town. One is the Brick House Café. The other is the Cable Café, especially for breakfast. If you haven’t been in either of these lately, go in and support local businesses. I’ve been in …
Serve our community
This Sunday is July 4th, 2021. We have decided that instead of competing against all the community activities and all the plans of local organizations, we should join in and show love to those in our town. Instead of having church services we encourage everyone to be a servant of the Lord among their neighbors. …
Getting too comfortable
Over the last few days, I’ve been meditating on an interesting problem. One thing I often deal with as a pastor is those who have no assurance of their salvation. These are the people who constantly fear they are damned, and never learn to simply trust in Jesus’s words and promises. They assume each sin …
You Don’t Know My Name
Has a song ever struck a chord with you? By this, I mean that the song itself, the music and lyrics, resonate with your inner being. Lately, I have a new favorite contemporary Christian song. The title is Story I tell and is performed by Micah Tyler. Here’s a link to it on YouTube (post …