Pastor’s Blog
Morning Prayers
Several years ago, a church member gave me an old copy of a Lutheran prayer book. I wasn’t used to following written prayers, but I started using it and found that it greatly enriched my prayer life.
Continue ReadingTime Together
There’s an old story about two rival kings who had an argument about which language was the ‘original’ language that was God-given and natural to humans. Each side argued that their language had descended from Adam and Eve.
Continue ReadingPraying For Politicians
What struck me was that the prayer focused on these politicians as individuals before God who needed guidance, encouragement and support to do their jobs.
Continue ReadingYou Are Loved
“For eighteen years I proclaimed the good news of God’s passionate, unconditional love – utterly convicted in my head but not feeling it in my heart. I never felt loved.”
Continue ReadingNothing Is Too Hard
There are those frustrating moments when nothing seems to go right. There are those days when everything seems to go against you and the direction you are heading.
Continue ReadingDon’t Neglect What’s Really Important
Howard Rutledge spent seven years as a prisoner of war in what was called ‘Heartbreak Hotel,’ a brutal inmate camp. During that time, he had a real encounter with God
Continue ReadingMoving Dirt
“The G stands for gossip because like a talebearer, this machine moves a lot of dirt and moves it fast!”
Continue ReadingListening
A couple of weeks ago, a very friendly man, possibly quite intoxicated, engaged me in conversation and wanted to know what I do for a living.
Continue ReadingFinding Time
Parkinson’s Law is really an old adage which says that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”.
Continue ReadingYou And Your Attitude
Don’t let the daily grind crush you this week.
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