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Who Is My Neighbor?
As we enter this holiday season beginning with Thanksgiving, our attention naturally goes to our family and friends. We think about celebrations with people we know and love. That’s right and good but we may unintentionally exclude people who cross…
Read MoreFreedom to Love
I have been thinking a great deal about how people relate to one another in this cultural moment… thinking about the tension and power plays between the political parties… between faith communities… between men and women… between the races. My…
Read MoreSons of God
Greetings! Welcome back to our video devotional series for Aberdeen Heights and Safe Harbor. My hope and prayer is that these brief messages will not simply be encouraging to you but help you see more of who God is and…
Read MoreRemembering the Saints
I wanted to talk about a date on the church calendar… November 1st… All Saints Day. As the church in the West began to grow and age, many believers were remembered for their service and suffering. Their example served as…
Read MoreManipulation Is Not a Spiritual Gift
“17 They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them.” Galatians 4:17 For many years, I struggled to understand what Paul was talking about in this passage….
Read MoreConstructive Competition
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another…
Read MoreGod Has Purpose in Our Pain
One of the persisting questions I get as a pastor is the problem of pain and suffering. Heartbreak. Estrangement. Accidents. Natural disasters. Disease. Death. Why does God allow it? Does He not love us… love me? Is this suffering somehow…
Read More“How Long Will We Grovel and the feet of… Power?”
A lifetime ago, I was steeped in the Contemporary Christian Music world and followed closely the output of Michael W. Smith. Late in my following of him, he put out the Go West, Young Man album and the song How…
Read MoreBeginning a Tough Conversation About the Church
Talking about family is a complicated thing. We are connected to them… like it or not. We come from them. We owe them much of who we are. We love them. And yet the relationships are tangled and frustrating. But…
Read MoreBeing Amazing v. Being Christlike
“Spiritually abusive churches don’t set out to be abusive. They set out to be amazing.” K.J. Ramsey, @kjramseywrites, 10/15/20 I read the above tweet and I was gobsmacked (I love that word but don’t get to use it often). I…
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