The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she became the mother of all the living. (Genesis 3:20) I’m writing this article for the newsletter leading up to Mother’s Day, so I thought it would be appropriate to do it on motherhood. Having young children in the church seems to run in waves. We went...
A month ago, I was contemplating the differences between African and American culture. I now have spent six months in the USA with my wife, after having been immersed in life on the African Continent for a year and a half without returning home. Most people would consider it an understatement to say that “going...
Thank you to all who contributed in various ways to our Drop-Off Location ministry for Operation Christmas Child this year. A total of 1,105 shoe boxes came through our doors on their way to millions of children around the world. A total of 15 volunteers contributed over 123 hours to staff the Drop-Off during National...
Advent is a time of expectation. What are you hoping for this year? In our culture the expectation is that it is should be a joyful time of gift-giving and gift-receiving and warm family moments. For some it is just another fifty things to add to an already burgeoning to-do list. For others it is...
I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed… (Romans 1:16-17) Which is more important, Christmas or Easter? Wrong question. As I write this, we prepare...
Waiting intrudes itself into every part of our lives in this fallen world. Consider all the waiting brought to view in the account of Jesus’ birth in Luke and Matthew’s gospels. The people as a whole were waiting for the Messiah. Zacharias and Elizabeth had been waiting so long for a child they had given...
We pack so much into a month of Christmas celebrations. It is easy to get mired in all the busyness. When the festivities and feasting are done, what encouragements from this season of reflection will we take into a New Year? Is there anything at hand to help keep our minds focused in the midst...
There are many blessings and singular answers to prayer to thank God for this year. James reminds us that “every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above”. We can also thank God for the difficult things
Jesus told us, “In the world you will have tribulation.” Growing up in rural America it has been easier for me to keep His words at arms-length. For my younger self, war, unrest and violence have always been in foreign places. Today, my older self finds it very different;
We have spent a month in Peter’s first letter to the churches. What has stood out to you in this passage? Each of us would probably answer differently. But we might agree, that at the very outset, Peter expresses a depth of thankfulness, love and joy that is palpable. Take a look at these adjectives:...