Pastor’s Blog

(This week’s devotional is provided by Imagine Church’s Pam Davis who is spending several weeks of her current sabbatical from GCTS training counselors in Turkey.) Greetings from Antalya, Turkey! Thank you so much for standing with me in prayer while

The only song I know of that has been written about football and nominated for a Grammy was recorded in 1977 by recording artist Bobby Bare. It may be the corniest song ever nominated for a Grammy, too. It was entitled, “Dropkick

The NFL season begins tonight with a Thursday night matchup between the reigning Super Bowl champs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Dallas Cowboys. Lots of us will be watching the game. The start of the NFL season brings renewed cause for

When I was in seminary, one of the great influences on my life was Leslie Weatherhead. He was an English theologian in the great liberal Protestant tradition and served as the longtime pastor of City Temple in London. His thoughtful and compelling

Dr. Win Arn had a fascinating article in his “Newsletter for the Leaders of Growing Churches.” He was dealing with the question, “What are first-time visitors looking for in a church?” He did a survey among a couple thousand first-time

Storms at sea have a way of sneaking up too quickly, without any warning. Just when the waters look calm and tranquil and we are drifting along peacefully, the blue sky suddenly fills with dark, ominous clouds, and we are taken

While preparing for our new series, “Fake News That’s Not in the Bible,” I ran across a book entitled “Traditions, Folktales, and Hocum.” The author pointed out that some things many people believe to be scriptural in origin are really not. Take, for instance, that old

Many of you will remember the name Erma Bombeck. We all laughed and cried with her humorous newspaper columns that she wrote about life as a suburban housewife. Shortly after finding out she had cancer years ago, she wrote the following column

Years ago, there was a great theologian and author named G. K. Chesterton. Everyone who knew him said he walked close to God. H. G. Wells once said to him, “If after all my theology turns out wrong and your

Did you know the Band-Aid is one hundred years old in 2021? Business Insider states that one of Band-Aid’s major uses is not to cover wounds or scrapes, blisters or burns, cuts or punctures. One of its major uses is to heal