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…
Something New
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.…
My Last Post
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…
A Christian Response To COVID-19
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…
Some Positives From The Coronavirus
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…
The Day I Almost Drowned
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…
Special People In My Life
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…
The Power Of A Quiet Life
Clarke McGregor Kennedy 1930 – 2020 On Tuesday February 25, my father-in-law went to be with his Lord. I am reposting an entry that I wrote about four years ago as a tribute to him. He was in hospital at…
The Power Of A Complement
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/440032.htm I received a compliment a few weeks ago and I still have a smile on my face every time that I think about it. I don’t intend to stop thinking about it any time soon. We all receive our…
Some Pressures That You Didn’t Know Were There
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/385716.htm Every job has its pressures. The challenge isn’t finding that job without pressures. It is finding the one with the pressures that you are uniquely equipped to handle. I have come to the point in my ministry in which…