Thoughts from Your Pastor
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 …
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Over the years, before most of our children came back to Michigan, Michal would go out to be with the daughters when they were having their babies. It would leave me home alone, sometimes up to three weeks. Yuk! I hate being at home when Michal is not there. There are several reasons for this of …
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 …
In the movie, the Shawshank Redemption, the lead character, Andy Dufrene, befriends a lifer in prison named Red. He is a black man who actually becomes the narrator of the story. Andy, an innocent man wrongly convicted of killing his wife and her lover, becomes something of a muse to Red during their years of …
Have you ever had the experience of feeling “trapped”? When my children were small, they used to like me to chase them. At different times we would create “games” where they would have to stay on a predetermined circle, line, or area with safe spots along the way so that dad could not “get them”. …
Poor Leah! It seems she was always playing second fiddle to her sister Rachel. Leah was the first born daughter of Laban; Jacob’s uncle. But from the time that Jacob first met Laban’s second born daughter; Rachel, he had his eye on her (see Gen. 29). Rachel was beautiful. A real “knockout” we would say …
Ever since I became a Christian back on February 11th, 1975, I’ve wanted to be in the presence of godly men. Back in the day I was saved, I worked a seasonal job that had me on unemployment during the winter months. This allowed me the opportunity to hang out with the youth pastor, Gary …
Sometimes one would think that the highest priority in the practical life of our culture is to find what is the easy way. For instance, manufacturers are constantly trying to find easier ways to “make the sausage”. With the advent of mechanization, the race was on to make everything work more easily and effortlessly. Products …
Who among us would choose to go through incredibly difficult times? While difficult times come, we do not choose them. They are thrust upon us by circumstances controlled by a sovereign God. Of course, worldlings do not believe this. They believe they are victim of blind chance, that things just happen. There is no rhyme …
An invitation always seems like such a “nice” thing. Here, sometimes out of the blue, comes a nice invitation to a birthday party, a wedding, a religious ceremony, a family event, retirement party, or some other kind of celebration. We are honored to be considered close enough to the subject(s) of the celebration, or their …
