I don’t know about you, but these days I find myself continually grieved by those whom I love that are fighting health problems and facing death - and those that are around me, whom I love, that are being affected by their loved ones facing these issues of life.   And although I realize we are all in that “valley of shadow of...

“Have you not known? Have you not heard?  The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.  His understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.” (Isaiah 40: 28-29)

Some would question with resent world...

Have you heard the saying, “If there is one thing we learn from the scriptures, it’s that we never place a period where God has placed a comma.”   This saying is meant to help us move forward.  The challenge is discerning God’s will in our life.  Life has a way of putting up many walls  in our life...

Courage - “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear or difficulty.” 

If there was ever a time that we needed courage for the journey - it’s today!  I don’t have to tell you all the things that are challenging us today.  There are those obvious things that challenge us and...

Joseph Jennings Tackett, lovingly know as just “Joe” passed away last Sunday, September 19th, 2021 - unexpectedly, at just 52 years of age.

Joe was not only my first cousin but a friend.  Joe was the father of my nephew (Nick) and niece (Jenna) whom I love.  The descriptive word penned by Jenna “gentle giant”...

I’ve lived in Indiana my whole life.  Anyone who lives in the midwest knows that we get all the seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter.

When I was young I loved all the seasons - even winter!  I loved training outside in the winter - considered it a challenge that would make me tougher for the racing season, come spring and...

Happy Grandparents Day (12th)!  It is well said that “our greatest blessings call us grandma and grandpa!”  Proverbs says “children’s children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their father.” (Prov.17:6)

Becky and I are blessed with four grandchildren - each one special and unique, or...

“Rest” - Happy Labor Day weekend!  Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions  and achievements of American workers. Labor Day weekend symbolizes the end of summer and is often celebrated with picnics, etc.,…and for many it means a day off from work.  A balance of work and rest is important.  Most...

“But the day of the Lord will come…” - 2 Peter 3:10

“Advent” - the coming of Christ.  This is a past, present and future reality!  Past - Jesus came in the flesh.  Present - Jesus can dwell in you, via the Holy Spirit.  Future - Jesus is physically coming again at the end of time as we...

My weekly pastor’s desk has always been written in such a way as to correspond with the coming Sunday’s message.  This Sunday I’ll finish preaching through 2 Timothy, last of an eleven week series. 

As I starting pondering over the text (2 Timothy 4: 1-8) and preparing for this week, my thoughts, heart and...