Pastor’s Blog

How To Engage a Sinner

“Don’t judge me!”Have you ever noticed when a person is caught in a sin, they often respond this way?  When on the receiving end of such an exclamation, you often find yourself with your hands in the stick-‘em-up position, saying something like, “Whoa, don’t kill the messenger!” A sinner’s conscience prompts a multitude of defenses

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God Comforts the Depressed

“In an increasingly widely disseminated TED Talk titled ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong,’ British journalist Johann Hari discusses the available research into the underlying causes of addiction and concludes, rather brilliantly, that the opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it’s connection. His statement echoes a theme that I and many 21st

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Not Far From Love

I think it’s easy sometimes to demonize entire groups of people as opposed to recognizing the individuality of each member in said groups. I suppose it’s less mental work in some ways, but it’s obviously a grave error. For example, in the Bible, given the multitude of conflicts Jesus and His apostles had with the

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Showing One’s True Colors

The most impersonal thing someone can do to you is to “make it personal” through attack. Why? To attack someone reveals a weakness in the attacker, notthe one being attacked. Never thought about it that way before? Let me explain. He who walks in integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out. — Proverbs

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