PRAISE THE LORD IN 2024! Dear Church Family, It’s a new year given to us by the Lord. How we use it will depend a great deal on how well we follow the Lord. Using the tools He’s given, His Spirit, His Word, His Church, Prayer and The Gospel, we will redeem our families, our… Read More »
A Shepherd’s Story
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” Welcome to December, to Christmas, to gift-giving, to good food and to the Season of Advent. We celebrate His first coming and look forward to His Second Coming! Have you ever wondered how the events of the First Christmas impacted the people of Bethlehem? We don’t know… Read More »
Perspective and Thanksgiving
This November, what have we got to be grateful about? Israel is at war, Russia is still attacking Ukraine, prices are up, another presidential campaign season has begun, it hasn’t rained enough, we’re worried about retirement…the list of complaints goes and grows. Complaining and worrying come easily to us. How can we be thankful THIS… Read More »
Life Can Steal Our Song
So, a busy wife and mother was rushing around cleaning the house while no one else was home. She was vacuuming with the attachment wand when her best friend called. They talked while she continued to vacuum. She was distracted. Suddenly, with a little bump, her vacuum sucked up a solid object! She had vacuumed… Read More »
TAWG
TAWG. Any ideas? What TAWG is? Shorthand in the government and in the military is nothing new. I hear our National Guard guests talking in shorthand all the time. Texting has it’s own shorthand, too. LOL, BRB, IMO TAWG is preacher shorthand for Time Alone With God. It’s a topic so discussed, so written about,… Read More »
I’ll C You
Dear Church Family, Welcome to summer in South Texas! Is it too obvious? The old preacher joke? “If you think it’s hot here, just wait till you end up in h___!” Christ, Church, Community Three C words that clarify our Christian commitment in Carrizo Springs. Do you C what I did there? Christ is our… Read More »
Reserved
Reserved We had a funeral recently. I was getting the sanctuary ready for the service and I put the Reserved clips on the pews in the center front, holding that seating for the family. Reserved seats at the funeral is a gesture of respect and sympathy for the family. Their sorrow is the focus… Read More »
Why? Why? Why?
I’ve had a good start on the Bible reading plan for the year. This morning I read Job 7-8. Job was a godly man long before the Bible or the Church. In his godliness, he attracted Satan’s attention. Satan asked God for permission to test Job, and from that experience comes the finest ethical, philosophical,… Read More »
A Romantic Story for Valentines
A true story: While travelers boarded an airplane, two men found their seats, sat down, and buckled in for the flight. One of the two men was a businessman who frequently traveled. He asked the other man, conversationally, whether he was flying for business or pleasure. “Pleasure,” the other man replied. “I’m on my honeymoon.”… Read More »
Merry Christmas
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” A meditation on the theme, He Himself. He didn’t send an angel. He didn’t elevate a human to do the work. He didn’t write out a manifesto or a new philosophy. Jesus Himself came to save us. He Himself. In Muslim countries, during the Eid Festival, folks… Read More »