I remember like it was yesterday. I was a freshman in college. We were having a campus revival, and I had agreed to wear a fishhook as a sign that I’d be willing to share Jesus with others. I sat down in my class and a classmate asked, “What’s up...
Psalm 13:1–6 (CSB) 1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? 3 Consider me and answer, Lord my God....
I just enjoyed a post by one of our members reading a Dr. Seuss book. He made the video to entertain the kids he misses from church. After watching the video, I had to ask myself, “Who’s the real ‘kid’?” But I learned a lesson from my friend. I know...
This morning a representative from the school came by to collect the food that had been collected this past week. Though I was expecting him, I never heard him. I wondered where he was, so I started checking in the parking lot. Finally, I went to the fellowship hall and...
Luke 10:33 (CSB) 33 But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. Most are familiar with the story of the Good Samaritan, but today as I read the story, I noticed something new. Usually as I read the story, I...
I was talking to Angela on the phone earlier and asked her if there was anything she needed from the store, “You need to stop going to the grocery.” “How are we supposed to buy things for Piner Elementary if I don’t go to the store?” It’s an old preacher’s...
In the eighth chapter of Luke, Luke decides to discuss the preaching and teaching ministry of Jesus. Throughout the chapter Luke includes stories of things that happen as he travels through the region from to town to town. One of the stories he includes focusses on the disciples. Luke 8:22...
Luke 7:12–14 12 Just as he neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on...
We are a little over a week into the effort to slow down the pandemic known as Covid-19. To this point people are handling things well, for the most part. But it will be what happens over the course of the next several weeks, perhaps months, that will reveal people’s...
This morning as I went to the grocery to try and discover what stock had been replaced overnight, I was thrilled to discover the empty meat bin had been filled with chicken and that the spaghetti aisle had a few boxes that had been replenished. Trying to heed the Governors...
