From the Pastor’s Study – 6/16/2024Recently, a church member emailed me questions prompted by a discussion with a coworker.  What is meant by “means of grace?” What are the means of grace? First, I ex...  Read More

From the Pastor’s Study – 5/12/2024William McKinley was president of the United States during the Spanish American War, and led the nation out of an economic depression into a season of prosperity.  S...  Read More

From the Pastor’s Study: 9/29/2024While Grover Cleveland is not remembered as one of America’s great presidents, there are a couple of distinctions that make him unique among the forty-five men to ser...  Read More

From the Pastor’s Study: 11/17/24At the close of a recent church service a teenager told me, “I had a hard time staying awake while you were preaching.”  I did not tell him that I knew that already.  ...  Read More

From the Pastor’s Study: 10/20/24The recent death of Pete Rose has rekindled a decades-old debate about his place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.  “Charlie Hustle” was indisputably one of the greatest b...  Read More

From the Pastor’s Study – 2/18/24Baseball used to be called the “Great American pastime.”  More than a game or a diversion, it was (and to a certain degree remains) a part of the American ethos.  Base...  Read More

From the Pastor’s Study – 1/21/24“Women and children first” is an expression representing a code of conduct prioritizing the protection of women and children in a life-threatening circumstance.  It is...  Read More

January 29, 2014“He being dead yet speaketh” (Heb. 11:4)Recently a photo-copied page from a book published in 1896 was sent to me by the great-granddaughter of Sheldon Ashley. The brief paragraphs on ...  Read More