Pastor's Blog

I recently decided to pick up my copy of Richard Foster’s Celebrating Discipline that I have had for the past twenty years.  It is an informative book to read because it reminds us of the importance of spiritual disciplines in our walk as believers.  Foster emphasizes that disciplines are not the end but the path we take to the place where God transforms us.  Thus, our posture when engaging in one of the spiritual disciplines is not something we do to

This week’s sermon was based on the Wedding of Cana as conveyed in John 2:1-11.  This story describes Jesus’ first miracle and for years I have spoken on this passage but on this occasion I focused on the bride and groom of this wedding.  All we know about the couple was that they ran out of wine, a very important element in a wedding.  In fact, I came across while  preparing for this sermon that a Jewish wedding at that

As Christians, we are called to be mission-minded folks; individuals that bare in mind the great commission as conveyed in Matthew 28- we are called to go and make disciples; baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  At the moment of baptism, our mission was instilled in us just like Jesus’ mission was when he was baptized.  How shall we carry the mission?  Well, Paul gives us some insight as to how we

How often do you hear someone say, “I was wrong.”  Very powerful words indeed; it takes an enormous amount of humility and reflection to pronounce these words to someone else, especially as we get older.  However, should these words be absent in our conversations?  I do not think they should; they should be part of our daily conversations.  I believe that admitting often that we are not perfect , that we are fallible, would make our world a better place.

Life is about making sacrifices; living without it is to practice selfishness.

My family and I enjoy mini-golf , and every time we are on vacation we find ourselves hitting the courses at the nearest mini-golf  from our hotel.  We choose our clubs and color balls and off we go to course #1 to begin our game. Just like “real” golf the object of the game is to hit the ball and get it into the hole with the least number of swings. The interesting thing about mini-golf is that every course

A close friend began to tell me an incident that occurred to him in a swimming pool.  His friends and he had decided to go to the local neighborhood pool to cool down.  Not being a very good swimmer,  he decided to stay on the shallow side of the pool; however, the slide, which many of his friends were enjoying, was located on the deeper side of the pool.  My friend figured that he would join his friends who would