Moment by Moment

I don’t need the money. Over the past year, since COVID has ravaged the global economy, the US economy has also suffered greatly.  In March, when everything shut down, the unemployment rate soared from a historic low of 3.5% to a whopping 14.8% almost overnight.  Sixty million people were thrown out of work. In response to this devastation, Congress has twice passed stimulus bills that have provided one-time direct payments to every American taxpayer. So, on May 6, 2020 the…

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So, we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 Yesterday I stood in the middle of the debris of a house fire that tragically struck one of our Bethany families.  The blaze was Saturday afternoon, so the fire trucks had long since left and the insurance adjuster was poking through the aftermath of soot and char.  To enter the…

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I’ve been struggling with my prayers of late. I don’t think I’m having a crisis of faith. I mean, I still believe that God is good, faithful, loves me unconditionally and has a good plan for my life. And I believe that God is sovereign over all and desires our world to be healed and reconciled. I think my issue is reconciling these truths with the madness we see all round us. It’s hard to know how to pray when…

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Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin. Zechariah 4:10 This past Sunday, as I sat quarantining in my living room watching our student ministry intern Isaac Martin preach, it hit me.  2021 is a big year.  This year I celebrate 30 years of pastoral ministry and 30 years of marriage to Pam.  It’s hard to believe, but in 1991 I was a pastoral intern at Grace Baptist Church of Boyertown, soon to marry…

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