Walking The Bible was published in 2001. It was written by Bruce Feiler, a man who was trying to understand his Jewish roots by traveling through the lands of the Old Testament. (The Jews call the first 5 books of the Old Testament, The Torah.) Feiler walks in the very...
Star Wars Advent, Christmas 2022 Written by Rev. Jaci McNeil 1st Week of Advent November 27 -Hope A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… It is a period of civil war. Holy angels, striking from a hidden base, have won their,first victory against the evil galactic empire....
Apostle’s Hymn Beginning this fall, on Holy Communion Sundays, the band will be singing, Apostle’s Hymn. It is a hymn based on the Apostle’s Creed, written around 700 AD by a variety of unknown, ancient authors. The Apostles didn’t write it. They were long gone by the time the Creed...
It’s all downhill from here! Wait a minute that’s not how it’s going at all. I know that men of my generation assess their value based on their capacity to work and the size of their paychecks. My life has certainly been easier than my father’s which I would categorize...
My bookshelf: Another Gospel? Another Gospel? was written by Alisa Childers. For those of us who have been around the block a couple of times, she was a member of the pop Christian band, ZoeGirl. Alisa began to doubt Christianity after a progressive pastor began to revise the authority of...
Charles Wesley, (born December 18, 1707, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England—died March 29, 1788, London). An English clergyman, poet, and hymn writer who, with his elder brother John, started the Methodist movement in the Church of England. Wesley was a prolific hymn-writer who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. We will be sharing many of his works. Our next song in this...
Charles Wesley, (born December 18, 1707, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England—died March 29, 1788, London). An English clergyman, poet, and hymn writer who, with his elder brother John, started the Methodist movement in the Church of England. Wesley was a prolific hymn-writer who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. We will be sharing many of his works starting with this post,...
In a recent post, I wrote about making REST a priority. And sure enough the other night I was so tired I fell asleep in my chair reading. Stephen sent me to bed only for me to lay there unable to fall asleep. In the time it took me to...
My Bookshelf: Experiencing God Experiencing God was written by Henry Blackaby and Claude King. Published in 1994, the book seeks to impress upon its readers that God is still out there and we moderns can still experience Him. Because God is multi-faceted, He can be experienced in multiple ways. To...
The older generation says about the younger generation’s music, “That’s not real music!” The younger generation says, “Ok, Boomer.” While these comments are usually made in good nature, I have found that this is not necessarily true in the church when it comes to hymns versus praise and worship songs....