The Pastor’s Page includes notes, analogies, anecdotes and such, providing advice and godly counsel for everyday living – straight from the pastor’s heart!
A culture is defined in the dictionary as the set of predominating attitudes and behaviors that characterize a group or organization. Societies, families, and churches have a culture. They all display a set of attitudes and behaviors that are acceptable …
The old adage “Silence is Golden” is usually quoted when we are overwhelmed by the seemingly unending chatter of someone who is talking way too much, when all we would like is just some peace and quiet. The culprit is …
There was an old Vaudeville joke that my grandfather loved to repeat. It went something like this; Patient; “Doctor, doctor, it hurts when I do this.” Doctor; “Then stop doing it!” I realize how corny that old routine sounds, but …
Most people seem to approach life as if it were a series of random, unrelated events that have no real purpose and are connected only because of the common thread of experience. Years of indoctrination by the philosophy behind Darwinian …
My grandfather (on my mother’s side) was an ordained United Brethren preacher, a denomination whose roots go back to the Great Awakening in the United States during the late 1700’s. Grandad Marrs came to Jesus later in life and felt …
Nearly 130 years ago a British historian named Lord Acton accurately described the selfish heart of man. In a moment of brilliant clarity he penned, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” The thirst for power is the …
As a child I was surrounded by adults that were avid coffee drinkers; everyone seemed to enjoy the pungent, black beverage except me. I did like the smell, but I’ve never been able to appreciate the taste. Back then, when …
Growing up on various Air Force bases around the country we got used to a number of unusual things. Planes taking off and landing right overhead, monthly inspections of our house and lawn, no backyard fences, the constant presence of …
I have a good friend named Rick, who I have known for over 30 years. Rick is just ‘ordinary people,’ and even though we have not lived close to each other for many years now our friendship has endured. When …
Have you ever noticed how nothing in this world stays full? Fill up the gas tank and in a few days it’s empty again. Fill up the ice box and it disappears quickly. Fill up the checkbook and by the …