At this point, we are a couple of weeks past Christmas, but I bet you are still trying out some of those good gifts you got. My 12yo son has finally gotten his new compound bow all set up, and he and I both are looking forward to getting him a chance at a deer.…
When I was growing up and going through Richardsville Elementary School in Bowling Green, KY, my school had an enrichment program called “Gifted and Talented.” Students who excelled academically were pulled aside once a week to be further challenged in their development. As I read in Ephesians 4, I am reminded of that school program…
The heart of every Christian should be to live a life worthy of the calling you have received in Jesus Christ. That doesn’t mean that you and I are to earn our salvation. It means that our life would honor the sacrifice Jesus made for our salvation. He gave up everything in order to save…
Happy New Year! I hope the blessings of God will be on you and yours in 2024. I have a song on my heart this morning. Your love is deep Your love is high Your love is long, long, Your love is wide That song goes on to say… Your love is deeper than my…
Earlier this year, I purchased a few apple and peach trees to add to my micro-farm. After I planted them, I drove some stakes in the ground a couple feet from their trunks and then ran twine from those stakes to the tree trunks to anchor those trees in place until their root system could…
As a pastor, I do a fair share of hospital visitation. In order to see who I need to see when I need to see them, sometimes I have to pull what my pastor friends and I call my “clergy card.” No, I don’t have an actual clergy card, but when I tell the nurse…
Merry Christmas! The big day is finally here! And so today, we wrap up our focus on the ancient Christian tradition of Advent. In Isaiah 9:6, we read a prophecy about the coming Messiah Christ, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his…
Today, we continue our focus on the ancient Christian tradition of Advent. In Isaiah 9:6, we read a prophecy about the coming Messiah Christ, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,…
Today, we continue our focus on the ancient Christian tradition of Advent. In Isaiah 9:6, we read a prophecy about the coming Messiah Christ, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,…
Today, we continue our focus on the ancient Christian tradition of Advent. In Isaiah 9:6, we read a prophecy about the coming Messiah Christ, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,…