The Pastor’s Heart 5/22/2020
The COVID-19 news continues to swirl around us. Openings, closings, guidelines, expert advice (often contradicting), and still a lot of confusion. So much so that other things are being blown…
The Pastor’s Heart 5/15/2020
God inspired it, and King David wrote it. It’s a song of joy that would be sung by God’s people on their journey for feast times in Jerusalem. It was…
The Pastor’s Heart 5/8/2020
These last couple of months around here have been something. In a sense, it seems like forever ago things started shutting down, and in another way it seems like yesterday. …
The Pastor’s Heart 5/1/2020
This week’s Pastor’s Heart was really written 147 years ago. What do I mean? Well, it’s my favorite hymn, written back in 1873; I’ve meditated on it all week, and…
The Pastor’s Heart 4/24/2020
For a couple of weeks, I have received constant updates. Sometimes 2 or 3 a day. The topic has crept into many conversations, and not just mine but those of…
The Pastor’s Heart 4/10/2020
Being Easter, this is the weekend you usually see them, for the most part, in church yards. But this year, you see them more often in your neighborhood yards and…
The Pastor’s Heart 4/3/2020
They’ve become so familiar. “Safer at Home.” “Shelter at Home.” “Shelter in Place.” On Wednesday, here in Georgia our governor said he is declaring a “shelter in place” order for…
The Pastor’s Heart 3/27/2020
It’s a place where I’ve done a lot of meditating. I’ve written sermons. I’ve prayed through problems and solutions. I’ve done church calendar planning. I’ve even rehearsed through choir specials,…
The Pastor’s Heart 3/20/2020
Fear or faith? It’s a choice, you know. There are many places in Scripture where you can see it. Phrases like “I will not fear,” “I will not be afraid,”…
The Pastor’s Heart 3/13/2020
Sometimes simple is best. Especially in a week like this one and, more than likely, the ones to come. So in all the COVID-19 confusion, doubt, and sifting for facts,…