Pastor to Pastor Blog
Blog Archives
Grace and Gratitude
10/13/08
Grace can be defined as an undeserved gift, that which is given, not because of any attribute of the receiver, rather out of the pure joy of the giver. It is an invitation into deeper relationship with the giver....
Stocks, Jobs, and Bad News-How to Help
10/10/08
With 9.5 million people currently unemployed in the United States, it isn’t unusual to find ourselves living next door to a family out of work. Or sitting in church next to a brother or sister who faces financial uncertainty. Or...
Radical Generosity in a Declining Economy
10/08/08
In light of recent economic events, my natural instinct has been to find ways to cut expenses, and try to save as much money as possible. This is good, but I feel that I can take this mentality to an unhealthy extreme. You see,...
A Lesson From Joe Biden and Sarah Palin
10/06/08
The Vice Presidential debate was, without a doubt, an engaging affair. On the right stood the young (by political standards) woman from a small, remote town in the Northwest, her speech softly inflected with a twang, her...
Time and Eternity
09/29/08
When we’ve been there then thousand years,Bright shining as the sun,We’ve no less days to sing Gods praise,Than when we’ve first begun.
This last verse, from John Newton’s familiar hymn, “Amazing Grace”, speaks of that which we...
