The Pastor’s Heart 12/22/2017

“I think I’d rather not.”  I heard this line last night as we attended a performance of the Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol.  In fact it’s one of my favorite lines in the whole story.  Ebenezer Scrooge has just been put on notice by Marley’s ghost that he would be visited by three spirits and…

The Pastor’s Heart 12/15/2017

The Christmas story hasn’t changed a bit.  Every year as I go to the Scriptures to read, study, and meditate on the passages, the words are the same.  Once I start reading them, I could almost quote the story without looking.  Over and over, year after year, it’s the exact same thing.  But it’s God’s…

The Pastor’s Heart 12/1/2017

People probably wondered, “What was he thinking?”  His friends more than likely tried to talk him out of it.  His family that had adopted him perhaps saw their dreams for him crushed in that moment.  In their minds they were watching the one in whom they had invested so much throw it all away for…