FROM THE PASTOR'S PEN

The reports are not encouraging. For the past three weeks, our nation, our community, and our church have been experiencing unprecedented events. Never before have we witnessed such a complete shutdown of businesses and social activities. Never before in the history of...

            I receive daily and weekly correspondence from various ministries which share insight and encouragement for the pastor. While much of it is very valuable in regard to its relevancy to my situation and calling, I must admit that in order to read all of it, I...

          As our nation, community, and church faces the threat posed by COVID-19, we are living through unprecedented circumstances. Never before, in any of our lifetimes, have we witnessed such sweeping restrictions and closures of the activities for which we have co...

A man returns from an overseas trip feeling very ill. He goes to see his doctor and is immediately rushed to the hospital to undergo a barrage of tests.

The man wakes up after the tests in a private room at the hospital. The phone by his bed rings.

“Hello. This is you do...

I have a world globe in my office. I found myself staring at it this week, reminded again that every country and every city which is marked on it represents countless souls, all of whom our church has been charged to reach with the gospel. Jesus’ command in His Great C...

            Do you ever feel so overwhelmed by life’s responsibilities and burdens that you sense you are near the breaking point? Are you so incredibly stressed by the expectations of others and yourself (realistic or not) that one more frustration might seemingly pus...

How do most of us spend our day? According to your life situation, a good portion of most days is spent at work, school, sleeping, and perhaps even in some sort of leisure activity (hobby, sports, family events). However, by and far, the single greatest portion of each...

            One study marks the number at thirty percent. Another denotes it as more than 90,000 hours. These numbers reflect the span of time which the average person will give toward their work in a lifetime. Work, especially that to which we sense a particular calli...

I have no idea what it is like to be a Pastor’s Kid (PK). Perhaps you do. Perhaps your father was a pastor or missionary, and so you understand all too well the unique joys and struggles of being born into the world with that designation. I do not. I have fond memories...

The man looked a little worried when the doctor came in to administer his annual physical, so the first thing the doctor did was to ask whether anything was troubling him.      
      "Well, to tell the truth, Doc, yes," answered the patient....