by Pastor Tom | Apr 26, 2021 | Reflections
With the baby boy’s expected arrival two weeks away, you can imagine our family is pregnant with anticipation. Just yesterday, the oldest boys moved to the previously unused back row of the van, making way for a carseat in the middle row. Judah thinks he and...
by Pastor Tom | Apr 12, 2021 | Reflections
My seven year old, Judah, asks me for the weather forecast each morning before he picks out his clothes. The funny thing is, he will wear shorts and a t-shirt year round. Jude doesn’t feel cold, we say. Now and then he might be convinced to pack a jacket and on...
by Pastor Tom | Mar 29, 2021 | Easter
“Christ is risen, Bethesda. Christ is risen indeed, Alleluia!” The resurrection of our Lord is a joke at the expense of sin, death, and the devil. A chuckle that rises up to turn aside tears. A sudden burst of laughter that can’t believe its own good fortune. A...
by Pastor Tom | Mar 15, 2021 | Reflections
Sometimes we take the long way around only to arrive right back where we started. Singing “Jesus loves me, this I know” can be equally powerful to the grandparent as to the grandchild in their lap, but for different reasons. A child could sing,...
by Pastor Tom | Mar 9, 2021 | Class Summaries
“27 Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel, 28 and are...
