Pastor’s Blog

I’ve seen a lot of strange things while officiating sporting events. Last winter I watched a high school basketball player get turned around and put the ball into their own basket. Shooting at the wrong goal would have mortified me. […]

Have you ever had to plan a wedding? I have performed many over the years and I am always amazed at all that goes into the preparation. Most weddings take over a year to plan. Even then, the bride is often […]

My parents said a lot of things that I vowed I would never say when I became a parent. Strangely I found myself repeating a number of those phrases later in life. Kids can be relentless in their defiance of parental […]

Each year my family and I try to take a vacation someplace nice. Several months before we leave we find a flight, book a hotel, reserve a car and make plans for what we want to do. We like to check […]

It is difficult to share our faith with people if we don’t have love or compassion in our heart for them. God called Jonah to go preach to the people of Nineveh, but he battled God’s calling. Nineveh was a heathen […]

Recently I was talking to someone who spoke of a church that did not have a time of worship in their service. They said “oh, they sing a couple of songs, sometimes they’re Christian songs, but it’s not what I […]

I often like to compare the ministry of Jesus to how we do ministry today. I think the body of Christ is a long way from the heart of Christ in these matters. Today’s churches pursue people based on their […]

Several things recently have called my attention to the importance of spending time with God. The word “prayer” seems to be something that reminds many of obligation, work, or duty. Unfortunately prayer is not often something we pursue unless desperation is involved. I […]

When I read through the wonderful beginnings of the church in the book of Acts, I see something that I long to see in the church today. What I see in the early church is a passion that was the product […]

Have you ever experienced the rejection of not being selected for a dance or a sports team, or fought the pain of losing? Kids are being raised without a sense of discipline in our world today. Some children’s sports leagues […]