Valentine’s Day is a day that we celebrate our love for one another, and God’s love for us. In the Bible John 15:13 reads “Greater love has no one than this that one lay down his life for his friends” And that is what Saint Valentine did. Saint Valentine was a priest near Rome in…
On that night of nights when Christ was born, the shepherds in the fields keeping watch over their flocks were in an enviable position. For such a night as this, ambition would make one desire to be among those shepherds by Bethlehem. These were no ordinary shepherds. It is believed that these shepherds kept dedicated…
Bless you who arrive early on Sunday to open doors and turn up the AC or heat for pleasant conditions during worship. Bless you who begin Bible study on Monday night to prepare for a lesson of teaching truth the following Sunday. Bless you who sing, who usher, and who work the sound and…
Summer is arriving, people are graduating, schools are letting out for summer and people are moving. When people move, both good and bad things happen. The negative part is that wonderful people are transferred or move away. The positive side is that there are many new people moving into our area. I want us to…
Roald Amundesen said, “This is the place.” For the first time in history, a human voice broke the awesome silence of the world’s southernmost point. After a sixty day journey by dog sled, on December 14, 1911, the Norwegian fag was raised at the South Pole bringing fame to Amundsen and his men. Since the…
As we progress through the month of March, we think of Easter and Good Friday and The Seven Last Words of Christ. They teach us not only how He died but also how we are to live. MERCY “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” [Luke 23:34] May the Lord…
February is a great month to speak about love – obviously the coming of St. Valentine’s Day brings our thoughts to the people we love and cherish. Because we exchange messages of love, people probably think that St. Valentine was quite a romantic person. Yet this man’s greatest accomplishment was his love for people. He…
The Wise Men were truly wise men. Unlike most men, they stopped to ask for directions. Question: Why was Jesus born in a stable? Answer: Mary and Joseph were enrolled in an HMO. A first-grade class presented a Nativity play shortly before Christmas. When Joseph came to the inn and asked if there was…
Most of us are familiar with the Burger King jingle that urges us to “Have it your way”. Have you ever noticed how similar our faith is to a Burger King life style? Recently, I observed several ways in which our spiritual beliefs and practices resemble a Burger King lifestyle. Join me in taking a…