If you are a small church pastor, we want to give you the gift of a few days away in a quiet setting where you can be refreshed. This retreat is designed especially for the leader of a small church…
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/29246.htm The last time that I wrote I said that I was going to begin something new. Instead of creating each blog entry myself, I was going to ask other people who are passionate about the small church to contribute.…
Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay For the past three or four years I have been trying to write a blog entry each week. Sometimes I failed to post it that often but most of the time…
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/1291924.htm Blog by My Wife, Gloria The tears rolled down my face as I drove along the highway. This was not how I had planned my life to be. I had very definite ideas about my role as a pastor’s…
Called to Be Small I have started reading a book by Karl Vaters entitled Small Church Essentials. I just read a few pages when one paragraph caught my attention. Vaders says this: “Instead in the last generation or…
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash I am coming more and more to appreciate the fact that my political perspective is shaped largely by my political convictions. I say that with a certain amount of shame because my political perspective…
Every conversation that I have with people these days begins with at least ten minutes focused on the Coronavirus. It is the subject that dominates our newscasts. I just looked through today’s newspaper (Yes, we still get one delivered to…
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/8TA66Ladc.htm I feel like I have been taking a refresher course in basic ecclesiology over the course of the past month. I have been reminded of a truth that I have known most of my life but all of a…
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/14499.htm At the moment I feel like I have more than enough challenges in my life to keep me busy. Knowing that, however, I have decided to take on one more. In my spare time over the next couple of…
If you are like me, you have been flooded with messages over the past few days about the COVID – 19 and its impact on so many different areas of our lives. I have been told to stay home, to…