Posts Categorized: Pastors Blog Post

ONE ANOTHERING… “Life Managers” I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have tribulation. But take heart! I have overcome the world.  John 16:33 The older I get, the harder life gets, especially the last few months.  Yeah harder, but also better.  I don’t… Read more

“This is a good year for Easter” As I write this, things are looking pretty bleak. The news is so negative, about the impact of the caronovirus. The stock market crash, grocery stores picked clean, states closing borders, confined to our homes, stoking dread and apprehension. It feels like so much of our lives is… Read more

ONE ANOTHERING “The Blessing of Laughter” All my life I’ve felt that humor is the universal solvent against the rough edges of life. The Bible says, “Jesus wept.” Shortest verse in the Bible. Here’s the 2nd shortest: “Rejoice evermore” (I Thess. 5:16). The Bible doesn’t say Jesus laughed. But we know he did. He had… Read more

ONE ANOTHERING… “Why did the horse need soap?” I’ve always had fun with what I call “looney lyrics.” Said a few myself. The technical word is “mondegreens”. Words to songs we can’t understand. So we fill in the blanks. We do that with people too and predictably, it frequently comes up looney. Christmas songs are… Read more

“The Interim Church” The interim period between pastors is somewhat like autumn… *a time of participation, *a time of watching and waiting, *a time of uncertainty, *a time of hope and promise. It is preparing for the approaching season of expectancy. not a time to hibernate and allowing the church’s metabolism to drop.Or grow weak… Read more

“How Do You Respond to People Who Disagree with You?” Thanksgiving is on the way, which means having to sit around the table with kith and kin who don’t see eye to eye on mostly petty things, but sometime important things. Being able to negotiate relational rough spots is a lifetime challenge. I’ve been at… Read more

It’s November already and that means I get to tell ya’ll how to make the world better! The way the world is today, we think it’s almost impossible to pull off. But it’s really quite easy. Say what? All you have to do is increase just one human trait, so powerful that it alone can… Read more

ONE ANOTHERING…”Willing to be Known” In the 10th Chapter of John, Jesus said something profound: “I know my sheep and am known of mine.” I think these words summarize the entire ministry of Jesus. He made it a point to know his sheep personally, what they were, as well as what they could become. He… Read more

In the church where I grew up there was a deacon named Fred, who was a key member of our First Baptist Church. Fred had a reputation for calling the shots. He was one who had to always get his way around church. So, people sarcastically said FBC stood for “Fred’s Baptist Church!” Right now,… Read more

There are two ways a congregation can spend the interim period between settled pastors. The most common way is by reclining. The easy chair model; that charges a search committee to go fishing for another pastor and during the interim, spinning wheels, waiting til the new pastor arrives to set a course of action. That… Read more