At the time of Jesus, shepherds often had a kind of co-op sheep pen. Several shepherds would all put their sheep in the pen together at night. But how, in the morning, could they separate their sheep, one flock from another? Simple! The sheep knew the voice of their shepherd. All he had to do...
Good evening friend! Covid-19 is highly contagious; we all know that. But so is kindness. I have had more sweet conversations in and around our neighborhood these last few days than any other comparable time since Cyndi and I moved here. And what I’m discovering is, if you START that...
How to worship online together We will continue to gather for online worship on weekends. We plan to premiere new worship services on our YouTube channel or on our Facebook page at 10:00 am PDT Sundays and then they will also be available to watch anytime afterward. We'll post them on our...
Good evening friend: How is your soul? Did you give it a good talking to yesterday, as I suggested? My soul is better because I took my first walk in several weeks. My cough (not COVID…just persistent) of three weeks had really limited my physical activity. But I seemed to turn a corner...
Good evening friend! How is your soul? On Sunday, I challenged you to “keep calm and carry on.” It must be the case that we can actually tell ourselves how we ought to think and feel because the psalms are full of examples of such self-talk. In Psalm 42, for instance, David...