Author: Steve

  • November 22, 2017
    I ADMIRE YOUR MINISTRY It is not unusual for a pastor to feel as if they are underappreciated. People may…
  • November 17, 2017
    IMPERFECT PASTORS & CHURCHES   How does a congregation relate their faith to their relationship with their pastor? Too often,…
  • November 15, 2017
    HAVE WE LOST OUR NERVE I remember reading a book in college that suggested that the Greek civilization came up…
  • November 10, 2017
    A LUNCHEON INVITATION If your bishop, presbyter, or judicatory staff person called you up and asked you to go to…
  • November 8, 2017
      WHAT'S THE USE Kathleen Norris writes about Acedia and Me. Acedia feeds upon the thought that nothing is worthwhile.…
  • November 3, 2017
    God’s truth and Human Response   Where would you place yourself between the assertion that there is no salvation outside…
  • November 1, 2017
    NO SALVATION OUTSIDE THE CHURCH Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvietic…
  • October 27, 2017
    THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT EXPANDED We need to reinterpret the fifth commandment. “Honor your father and your mother, so that your…
  • October 25, 2017
      WORDS CREATE WORLDS In Walter Brueggemann’s Israel’s Praise, he develops the idea that words create worlds. It is not the objective…
  • October 20, 2017
    WHEN THINGS FALL APART One recent broadcast suggested there had been more than 250 cases of mass violence in  2017.…