Faith: Against the Odds
On the 8th of July 1741, the Reverend Jonathan Edwards stepped into the pulpit of a church in Enfield Connecticut and delivered his most famous sermons, Sinners...
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Seek First the Kingdom of God
In the book “The Pine Tree” by Rose Dobbs, there is a story about a pine tree that is lonely and sad because it is the only tree around with long ne...
Separation of Church and Politics
In the final season of the NBC drama West Wing, it is the time for a presidential election. Senator Arnold Vinick, played by Alan Alda is running for the Repub...
Teach us to Pray
What we have just heard from the Scriptures is a very early version of what we no call the Lord’s prayer. When I call us to pray this prayer here at the C...
Ted Cruz and the Non-endorsement
It is no secret that I do not like much of anything that Ted Cruz stands for. I think he is a dangerous theocrat that needs to be stopped. Howev...
God Will Never Leave Us, EVER!
One of the biggest lies circulating the political spectrum these days is that God will abandon the United States and us if we vote for Hillary Clinton. This is...
Politics and Religion
It has been said that when you mix politics and religion, you get politics. Well, there has been a lot of mixing of the two in this presidential election cycle...
A Special Word of Thanks
Putting together an event such as a family reunion is never just the work of one person. Many hands make the event as great as I thought our most recent reunio...
Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile....
Putting on the Mantle
In the last days of the Civil War, the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia, fell to the Union army. Abraham Lincoln insisted on visiting the city. Even thou...