Some days, I can feel quite holy.  I have my devotional time, time in prayer, and I feel ready for my day.  I love that time early in the morning, just me and my Bible. But then, people happen.  Time to stretch those spiritual muscles: bearing one another’s burdens (Gal 6:2), encouraging one another (1 Thes 5:11), stirring one another up to love and good works (Heb 10:24-25), being patient with on...  Read More

Dear Saints, One of my goals for 2024 is to write more pastoral letters to our flock.  In this letter, I’d like to briefly share some thoughts about something on many of our minds at the start of a new year: Bible reading.  I know many of us intend to read through the Bible this year, as Pastor Walton has wonderfully exhorted us to do.   I also know the Bible, at times, can be an intimidating book...  Read More