My grandmother died almost two weeks ago now at 102, and I now have the bittersweet task of officiating at her memorial service. My grandmother didn’t have an easy life. As a polio survivor, her reaction time was slow and her sense of balance was unreliable. She lived with a lot of pain at various [...]
The word pastor comes from our job as shepherds. Of course, Jesus is the real shepherd, but we pastors try our best to represent him well as we seek to care for his flock. Jesus taught us that he’s the kind of shepherd who cares if a single sheep goes astray and wanders into danger, [...]
Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of my first day as pastor at Trinity Presbyterian Church. I can still clearly remember talking to the pastor nominating committee at my face-to-face interview with them back in 2003. After they asked me their questions, I asked them a few, including what would you to see happen in the [...]