Author: Steve

  • January 5, 2018
    THE TEN COMMANDMENTS with interpretation By Steve McCutchan YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME: Unless those gods pay…
  • January 3, 2018
    2018 It’s 2018 and the year begins. Well, for most pastors it is a mixed bag of beginning and continuing.…
  • December 29, 2017
    GOD SPEAKS IN THE UNEXPECTED  Consider the conditions for the birth of Christ or the birth of the Word of…
  • December 25, 2017
      THE WORK OF CHRISTMAS   When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky…
  • December 22, 2017
    IT'S TIME TO TAKE A BREATH ONE OF THE SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR STRESS RELIEF IS TO DELIBERATELY PAUSE,…
  • December 20, 2017
    THE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS There is a real issue of post-Christmas blues that can set in for church staff as…
  • December 15, 2017
    ADVENT EXPECTATIONS send an email to your congregation reminding them that as the Body of Christ Advent has special significance…
  • December 13, 2017
    INTERRUPT THE PRESSURE Every pastor and pastor's family understands the irony of the ministry. As we approach Christmas, in addition…
  • December 8, 2017
    DEAR ABBY ANGEL Recently I found myself reading a Dear Abby advice column and began to wonder how this might…
  • December 6, 2017
    A UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT In a world filled with loneliness, you can expand friendship, In a fractured world, you can…