You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9 About 15 years ago, Richard Dietrich, a youth and music pastor from Arizona led a short-term mission trip to Europe. While on the trip, he decided to surprise his wife by taking her on a side trip to Żary, Poland to do a little genealogical work. Her maiden name…
Several weeks ago Pam and I drove to P.F. Chang’s in Plymouth Meeting to have lunch with my father-in-law. The Plymouth Meeting mall is a good halfway point between our home in East Earl and my father-in-law’s apartment over at Rock Hill Community in Bucks County. After a really nice lunch and some great conversation, we headed out to our respective vehicles. As I approached our 2008 RAV4, I said to myself, “That’s a lot of oil on the ground.”…
“Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.”Joshua 23:14 “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” – Soren Kierkegaard. “For we live by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 I’m not particularly good at puzzles or mazes. When our family…
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8 This past week, our Bethany prayer team was sitting around at our midweek prayer group mutually reflecting on how difficult a year it’s been… already. I mean, we’re 34 days into it and I’m whipped. It feels an awful lot like 2020, doesn’t it? Somehow, I thought that…