Pastor’s Pen for March 2025
Dear fellow sleepers, I don’t know how many of you know that March 14 is World Sleep Day. Some of you may roll your eyes and think, “Here we go,” yet another made up day for a made up problem. In some respects you are correct, YET, how many of us sleep at least once a day, […]
PASTOR’S PEN FOR FEBRUARY 2025
I would bet that few if any of you knew that I was a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman when I was fifteen years old. Coming from a poor family, one of the few and best things I remember growing up is having a set of World Book Encyclopedia and the yearly update that would come. I can still […]
Pastor’s Pen for December 2024
Pastor’s Pen for December 2024 Oh, the weather outside is frightfulBut the fire is so delightfulAnd since we’ve no place to goLet it snow, let it snow, let it snow! It doesn’t show signs of stoppingAnd I’ve bought some corn for poppingThe lights are turned way down lowLet it snow, let it snow, let it […]
Monday, November 25, 2024 – Romans 5:6 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Romans 5:6 (NLT)6 When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. To start off, I’m sorry that it’s been awhile since I last wrote my Verse of Day. I will seek to be more diligent. What is it like to be “helpless”? Imagine being so helpless that others […]
Pastor’s Pen for November 2024
Pastor’s Pen for November 2024 As we enter November, the first Tuesday in 2024 is a Presidential Election Day. What are we going to do with that? I think everyone knows that I don’t preach my politics, and of course I will not do so in this message to you, but I will share an important connection […]
Monday, October 14, 2024 – Luke 9:62 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Luke 9:62 (NLT)62 But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.” This is an interesting passage in the sense that Jesus is telling a variety of folks, what it means to follow Jesus. One tells Jesus that he will go wherever […]
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 – Luke 2:1 (NLT) – Verse of the Day with Pastor Bob
Luke 2:1 (NLT)1 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. Luke, the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, was not only a writer and a physician, but he was also an historian. In many ways, Luke […]
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 – Ezekiel 43:12 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Ezekiel 43:12 (NLT)12 And this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! The entire top of the mountain where the Temple is built is holy. Yes, this is the basic law of the Temple. Basic Law makes you think of “obey the speed limit” or “cross the street at the crosswalk,” or “don’t run with […]
Thursday, August 29, 2024 – Jeremiah 44:19 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Jeremiah 44:19 (NLT)19 “Besides,” the women added, “do you suppose that we were burning incense and pouring out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and making cakes marked with her image, without our husbands knowing it and helping us? Of course not!” The context for this verse is that the women of Jerusalem were pushing back […]
Monday, August 26, 2024 – 2 Kings 25:9 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
2 Kings 25:9 (NLT)9 He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city. One of the most devastating things that can happen to a family is a fire that destroys their home. This past Sunday, we prayed for a 19-year-old woman, […]
