Random reflections from a modern day pastor.

  • What was celebrated?

    For weeks now (even months for some) we have been preparing for this past weekend, and now it has come and gone. The wrapping paper is all cleaned up, the new gifts are finding new homes in the rooms, and all that is left is dishes, exhaustion, and the desire to not eat for a…

  • What is this Christmas?

    Over the past few days I have been really trying to consider what this season means to me, and to be perfectly honest I have been coming up short trying to find words to fully explain it. I realize that often times we all celebrate the holidays in different forms and fashions, and some don’t…

  • Who do you trust?

    So, I’ve got a little time this afternoon … so let’s run a little checklist from what’s happened in the past year, shall we? – GITMO (prison in Cuba) promised to close … Still opened – FAIL– Iraq war will end … Still fighting and Americans still dying – FAIL– President will allow five days…

  • How bold can you be?

    My Pastor, Bro J.B. Burt, spent some time a number of years ago with Miss Bertha Smith who was a missionary to China for several decades — and probably one of the greatest heroes of the faith in my opinion (look her up sometime if you have the chance). At our staff dinner, he was…

  • It’s about the Joy

    Well, another week is about to hit the downhill slide and so I thought perhaps I would write a bit about some events that have been going on. Of course, everyone that I know has been preparing for the holidays in one form or fashion, but not everyone I know has really been taking a…

  • People need the Lord

    Everyday, we see this world slipping farther and farther away from the intended plan that God had for us; which was for us to forever live in a place called Paradise and never be separated from Him. We were to have constant fellowship with Him, and be able to rely fully on His provision to…

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