Thoughts from Your Pastor
It is no secret that segments of our society want to neuter men. Beginning with an attack on boys who play with toy guns, continuing with the “participation trophy” mantra which decries completion and makes everyone equal winners/losers, to the now intentional de-gendering dynamic in public schools that insists we cannot “assign” gender to boys …
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Have you ever had the sensation that you were being watched but you could not substantiate that that was actually the case? I had that sensation for much of my elementary school life. Why? What do I mean by that? One day, probably around second grade, I came home to find out I was in …
Have you ever known someone or perhaps even several people in your life for whom you held little regard? That lack of regard might have been due to any number of reasons. Perhaps it was because they showed some kind of incompetence. Maybe it was some hypocrisy being displayed. Perchance it was their personality. But …
Have you ever seen an opportunity slip away from you and later on you wished you had taken full advantage of it? Life is full of such opportunities, I think. They range from the very inconsequential to life changing. It is one thing to fail to grasp an opportunity to go see a sporting event …
I’m sure we are all familiar with the aphorism, “You can’t keep a good man down”. This is an American idiom whose origin is unknown but has widely been in use for well over a century. The first song of this title was recorded in 1904 composed by M. F. Carey and sung by Dan …
Several years ago an email came to the church from a lady in England. Her name was Anna and she said she was a member of an Evangelical church in the London area. She had a request. She wondered if she could prevail upon the church to provide lodging for her for a week-end, Friday …
Merry Christmas! Now, that is not a politically correct greeting. To an increasing number it is “Happy Holidays”, or “Season’s Greetings” that should be the ambiguous and inclusive greeting for this time of year. Our culture wars continue as more and more we transition from a Christian societal foundation to a pagan one. But …
We were recently reminded once again of the great generation of Americans that helped preserve our freedom by defeating the likes of Adolf Hitler in Germany, Benito Mussolini in Italy, and Tito in Japan. The occasion was Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th, 1941; a day that has lived and continues to live in infamy for …
Do you get the idea that “common sense” is not all that common anymore? Common sense once was those propositions, ideals, or evaluations of things that were self-evident. The framers of our Constitution lived in a day when the very birth of our nation was based in “self-evident” truth. They were common sense propositions with …
Life ebbs and flows doesn’t it. Today’s joy quickly turns to tomorrows sorrows. In one period we are financially “flush” and at another there is great want. At times we think we could not possibly feel any better physically (given our age :)), and at other times we feel miserable. Then, we have wonderful times …
