A Church is Also A Building

In a “covid shutdown culture” the idea that “A Church is not a building” has been pushed to the point that good christian people are believing that church is not a building. I beg to differ and here is why… The first thing I need to acknowledge is that the church is made up of […]

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS

Last year for the first time I read through the “Screwtape Letters” in the month of October a chapter a day. I’m doing the something this year… If you do not know what the Screwtape Letters are, it is a short book that was written by C.S. Lewis. The Letters are “written by Screwtape” a […]

October Music 2021 (Part 2)

October Music begins each year on “October Eve” (September 30th (that’s today!)) as soon as our eyes open. With the exception of Sundays, it is the only music that we play in our house for the whole month. October music (in case you do not know) is a mix of fun and Biblical music to aid in […]

New October Music for 2021

So here we are – tomorrow begins a music season of my own making. I call it… October Music For years now… A lot of years When October rolls around that begins a special playlist of songs I play in (of course) October. In fact that is the only music I play for the entire […]

Pastoral Prayers

Something goes wrong…. Really wrong… and one of the first calls, text or emails is to their Pastor requesting prayer and deliverance from whatever is going wrong in their life. There is nothing wrong with this… nothing at all. But how many people in the church pray for their Pastor on a daily basis? I’m […]

Pastoral Leadership

Yesterday in my devotions I was in Hebrews 13:17. It is a very challenging and instructive passage about what a Pastor should be. A Pastor of a church must keep watch. “Keep watch” comes from the greek word “agrypneo” which is used of a watchman on duty in a city. We look to for things […]