What can we do about the culture of hate?
The first thing we need to do is be sure we do not join it. Jesus talked about removing the plank from our eye before trying to remove the speck in someone else’s eye. The deeper understanding of this proverb is that the plank and the speck are made from the same substance. In modern […]
Why doesn’t God help all people who are suffering or in need?
There are people who are helping to alleviate suffering and to supply what is truly needed by others. We need to understand that the usual way to receive help is through other people. This does not take away from the divine nature of the help. We are called to be Christ’s hands and feet. We […]
Keeping Christ in Christmas
Are you prepared to hear about the “war on Christmas”? I am sure it will be talked about by some people. What may be talked about can be as varied as the design on the Starbucks coffee cups to the positioning of nativity scenes in public places. What those who make a lot of noise about […]
First Things First
I don’t know if it happens to you, but toward the end of every year as we enter giving season, my mailbox is flooded with requests for help. Then in wet and cold winters like this one, I become more acutely aware of how terrible it must be out in the wet and the cold […]
Ask the Pastor: What Is Inner Peace?
For a long time I thought of inner peace as going within myself and shutting out the rest of the world. I have discovered, however, that the deeper the inner peace I find the more I can connect to the world. When we accept ourselves in a more profound way we can also accept the […]