Child of the ‘70s that I am, Star Wars was a big event in my young life, especially the spectacular climax: how could those big, bright torpedoes go down those…
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We Are the Church, Together

October 29, 2023
It’s not judging when one person says to another: that’s a really rotten thing you just did.  It’s not judging to say you’re hurting our relationship and you’re hurting yourself. …
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Truth Lovingly Applied

July 23, 2023
Mercy forgives.  Forgiveness does not undo the consequences of our sin; this is why you and I must struggle, continually, against those impulses to sin that come and knock, like…
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“One in heart and mind” (4:32) is how we speak of people close as can be.  We tend to reserve that sort of talk for those very much in love. …
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The Foundation of Faith

February 5, 2023
We must be wise and carefully consider our words.  Let’s remember that no one comes to Christ as Savior through human wisdom or potent rhetoric.  There were those coming out…
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For You

December 24, 2022
          The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full…
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Life is everything!  But what life?  Jesus tells us quite a lot about living life; he tells us quite a lot about a life to come.  Our way of living…
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Godliness with Contentment

August 21, 2022
We’ve been reading our way through 1 Timothy.  Timothy was in Ephesus, trying to get some things straightened out in the church there.  If we think of Ephesus at all,…
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Foundation and Pillars

August 7, 2022
Those ancient builders in Greece and Rome really knew what they were doing.  No, the roofs are no longer there, but the foundations remain, and many pillars.  Lots and lots…
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Pray for Who?

July 10, 2022
At some point, you may have wondered why we do church the way we do.  If you worship elsewhere when you’re on vacation—I hope you do!—you’ve noticed that different churches…
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