Encouraging Words

When the COVID-19 stay-at-home order was first issued in mid-March, I thought we might all be home for few weeks and then things would start going back to normal. As April faded into May with no “normal” in sight, it dawned on me it would be a long summer. I determined to make the best […]

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 Have you ever wondered how to be positive when everything seems so negative? As followers of Christ, we can be optimistic because we serve a loving God who […]

“For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.” (1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 ESV) As I listened to “Coronavirus and Christ” by John Piper, I was overwhelmed by the beauty of […]

I am COVID weary. I guess we all are. I am weary of the fears and the news and statistics and the disruptions and the politics and the economics and the complaints and arguments. In the midst of this weariness, I have by calling and vocation been tasked with helping people, specifically church leaders, to […]

“To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some. Now I do all this because of the gospel, so that I may share in the blessings” (1 Corinthians 9:22-23). We’ve heard the word “pivot” […]