The great country and western singer, Marty Robbins, won a Grammy with his song, My Woman, My Woman, My Wife, an ode about his longsuffering wife. It included these words that are offered as a prayer: When she reaches that river Lord, you know what she’s worth Give her that mansion up yonder ’Cause she’s been through hell here on earth. Marty Robbins may have been a popular singer but he is certainly was a
Christians Must Return to Boldly Speaking the Truth This year’s Lenten Sermon Series focused on the many ways our loving God calls us back to Him Returning to the Lord is a good and blessed thing. “Return to the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.“ One area of returning to the Lord that was not considered in the Lenten Series is returning to speaking the
During the COVID-19 pandemic perhaps you’ve heard of churches who provide the elements for Holy Communion so that households who are watching the online, streaming services of the congregation have the households consecrate with the pastor and then commune together alone. I was recently asked about this practice and what I thought of it. I cannot recommend it under any circumstance, even COVID 19. In the Narthex you will find a summary of reasons this
God Bless Your New Year Even in a normal, usual year New Year’s Eve/Day is a paradoxical and bittersweet holiday. On one hand it can be a time of rejoicing over the accomplishments and blessing that have come our way over the past year. And on the other hand, it can be a time of relief that a particularly bad year is over. It can be a time of sadness as we look back at