Materials
Have you ever noticed how frustrating it is when “materials” don’t cooperate? You are trying to move quickly and get the house cleaned for the week and the vacuum belt breaks. Then when you try to change it you lose …
Category: The Pastor’s Page
The Pastor’s Page includes notes, analogies, anecdotes and such, providing advice and godly counsel for everyday living – straight from the pastor’s heart!
Persistent or Relentless?
There are many things in life that we are persistent about; asking the boss for a raise, trying to save for a band new car, working to urge our children to clean their rooms, hinting at that special “gift” you’ve …
Effective Prayer
One of the periodic struggles that we all have in common is the frequent dilemma we face when attempting to give a meaningful gift to someone we care about. This is faced throughout the year, whether on their birthday, or …
Asking
For most people the process of making a request of another person is awkward and embarrassing. We realize that “asking” puts us in a position of dependence and need. Asking subjects us to the other person’s whims, desires, authority, mercy, …
The Great Escape
One of the epic movies that my father used to watch every time it came on television was a WWII story about prisoners of war called “The Great Escape”. It starred a lot of my parents’ favorite actors, like Steve …
Disposable?
Over the last 50 years the disposable nature of our society has increased dramatically. Because we value convenience we have embraced a multitude of products and ideas created to make life easier. These range from microwave ovens to disposable diapers …
The King of kings
Considering the history of our nation in dealing with King George of England during the Revolutionary War it’s no wonder that our society has always held a very dim view of the concept of a “king.” This aversion was reinforced …
Friendship
In order to change a society you must be willing to strike at the foundational principles on which it is built. This process doesn’t happen all at once, but rather with a slow and steady hammering that will eventually weaken …
The Good Shepherd
I have very little experience with sheep; well actually none! My own personal contact with the wooly animals was a brief episode in the life of a friend who was a dairy farmer in northern Missouri. Having been successful with …
The Pawn Shop
While I have never made use of the procedure of pawning a possession in order to raise needed funds, I have visited a few pawn shops over the years with my son just to look around at the wide variety …