Monthly Archives: February 2017

Turn on the news and you’ll be bombarded with stories designed to trigger your passions and raise your blood pressure.  News today is ratings-driven, constantly repeated, and over-hyped.  Social media isn’t any better.  We surround ourselves with like-minded people, reading … Continue reading →

I had a good friend in Minnesota who, whenever someone would upset her or make her angry, would say “Johnny is a child of God, too.”  That stuck with me, and I find myself repeating the phrase in my mind … Continue reading →

You can pray by yourself any place at any time. You can also pray with other people.  It can be empowering to be a part of a group at prayer. I have belonged to several very different prayer groups. One … Continue reading →

John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t know this … Continue reading →

46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to … Continue reading →

I’d like to share a story about my Grampa.  I was just a little tyke of four or five, when my Grampa occasionally babysat for an evening.  He was a hard-working man, short of stature, a man of few words, … Continue reading →

One of Pastor Art’s recent sermons was concerned with Jesus calling the Galilee fishermen Simon (Peter), Andrew, James and John and promising to turn them into fishers of men. The sermon brought back many memories of the Galilee from a … Continue reading →

I have been an anxious person most of my life. Sometimes I rise to a challenge, but often I find myself slowed if not paralyzed by a fear of failure, a fear of not measuring up, anticipating the shame of … Continue reading →

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his … Continue reading →

Centering prayer strikes some people as the oddest method of prayer because you don’t say any thing. The whole point of this method is to be in the presence of God and to let go of the multitude of thought … Continue reading →