Word from the Pastor 08-13-23
Dr. Andrew Bonar told me how, in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they couldn’t get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the…
Eric Metzger
Under God
On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to dissolve the connection between “this country” and GreatBritain, declaring the “United Colonies of North America” to be free and independent states.Congress ratified the text of the Declaration on July 4, and it reached…
“SPEAK THE TRUTH WITH PASSION!”
G. Campbell Morgan was preaching on the passion we should have as Christians when we speak of the Lord Jesus and what He has done for us. He used this illustration. There is a tale told of that great English…
“WHAT MY DAD LEFT ME!”
This is my first Father’s Day without the presence of my earthly father. He passed on December 16th 2022. He passed into glory with me holding his hand, a moment I count as a great blessing from the Lord to…
“Steady”
What picture comes to your mind when you think of the word “steady”? Perhaps you think of a huge slab of concrete that serves as the foundation for a building, or maybe you think of the careful hand of a…
John G Paton
“Blessing Flows from Affliction”
As I’ve been studying this week’s stanza of Psalm 119, the psalmist’s words “It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes” reminded me of the melancholy poet William Cowper’s beautiful stanza in “God…
Which Road?
Film maker Walt Disney was ruthless in cutting anything that got in the way of a story’s pacing. Ward Kimball, one of the animators for Snow White, recalls working 240 days on a 4 1/2-minute sequence in which the dwarfs made…
“REFLECTION WEEK!”
START ON THE SUNDAY PRIOR TO EASTER SUNDAY This is Palm Sunday because people laid the branches in his path. Read Luke 19:28-42 and Zechariah 9:9. Reflection: How often do you praise God for coming into your life? MONDAY: Read about Jesus at…
“A Wide Place”
In September 2017, when Jess and I first visited Lassen Volcanic National Park, we challenged ourselves to climbing the menacing volcano Mount Lassen and trekking out to the remote Chaos Crags. The next summer, we felt we had earned a…