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Last week, while returning from State College, I listened to “Holy Discontent,” a message by Bill Hybels presented at the Willow Creek Association Global Leadership Summit a few years ago (I need to listen to it a few more times!). Hybels wrote a book by the same title, which I reviewed in 2008. I love … Read more
At the beginning of my sermon this past Sunday, I said that we limit God (that is, we, the hands and feet of Jesus, limit God’s work in the world). That’s a sobering reality. I’m sure there are many ways we limit God’s work in the world. I talked about four ways in my introduction … Read more
It’s been a while since we’ve posted photos. Last month, we posted a “photo of the day” each day of our vacation in West Virginia. Here are a some more photos from vacation plus a few taken since then.
Three years ago, I wrote Praying for Pastors, a post that includes a 7-day prayer guide for pastors (I encourage you to print it and use it to pray for your pastor, including those of you who are part of Centre Grove or West Side). I’ve been thinking about the prayer guide for a few … Read more
In the years Joleen and I have been married, we can highlight several financial practices that have proven valuable. While we can always be better stewards, we believe the following practices are an important part of being good stewards of what God entrusts us with … 1. Honor God with tithes and offerings!Tithing wasn’t a … Read more
Following up on previous posts (1.0 and 2.0), here are some of the latest Ethanisms we’ve recorded. Several weeks ago while pulling into the church parking lot at Centre Grove, Ethan said, “That was bumpy. It made me wiggle.” You have to watch the use of idioms, which don’t always make sense when taken literally, … Read more
One of the requirements in the the final year of our ordination process is to complete an ordination project. The ordination project is the newest part of our conference’s ordination process, added (actually it replaced another requirement) earlier this year (as a result of the formation of the new Susquehanna Conference). In the future, ordination … Read more