The Pastor’s Heart 5/25/2018

This is a weekend to reflect and remember.  To reflect on the freedom we are blessed to have in our country and to remember those who gave that “last full measure of devotion” to secure and protect that freedom.  Whether it was in battle or in peacetime, they are worthy of our gratitude and recognition. …

The Pastor’s Heart 5/11/2018

Her son was looking for help on understanding what sin is and how to avoid committing it.  In a letter to that son, this mother lovingly replied:  “Take this rule: whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off your relish of spiritual things; in short,…

The Pastor’s Heart 5/4/2018

She’s here!  And she’s beautiful!  Little Emery Dallas Bowker, our second grandchild and first granddaughter, made her entrance into the world at 10:26 last Monday morning.  Praise the Lord, mom and baby (and dad) are doing fine.  As Tina and I looked through the hospital nursery window, we only had eyes for little Emery.  Sure,…