My Church Notes

The String Around God’s Finger

How many times have we returned from an outing to find we forgot to turn a light off or left the garage door up, inviting trouble into our ...

The Destruction of the Great Towers

In September of 2001, the Twin Towers in New York City came crashing to the ground. Were the acts of that September a religious jihad, or a deliberate attack of Satan to undermine America’s ...

The Head of the Snake

All it takes is one bad apple to spoil a barrel of the freshest fruit. It is as a snake that must be removed from its head. We have to be willing to cut away the bad in order to hang onto the ...

Emptying Our Pockets

When we travel by air, there are security measures we must adhere to. Our carry-on can be only so large. Our luggage has weight limits. Certain items are not allowed onboard the ...

A Grandparent’s Duty

It is a parent’s duty to raise up a child in the way that he should go, so that he will not depart from it. However, it is a grandparent’s right to spoil the child and send the tyke home to Mom ...

At the end of summer, we enjoy the benefits of all the hard work we’ve done. One of the joys of September is to delve into a WATERMELON feast. The fruit is ripe, the flesh is sweet, and it has come ...

Life’s Biggest Step

America landed its first man on the moon in 1969 with the famous phrase, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for ...

At the Departure Gate

There are certain things we must do to prepare. We need our baggage packed, our tickets in hand, and reservations at our destination. If we stand at the departure gate, and any one of these is left ...

The Long Day

Time is subjective. When we are young, the days of the year are snail-slow, creeping by at an intolerable pace. As we mature, the years become days, and we are pleased to see time move on. It is in ...

God's Finger

There are times we stand confused. The map we’re trying to decipher is unclear, or perhaps we can’t find the mistake in the project we’ve nearly completed. We need someone to give us a word of ...

Jesus on the Flip Side

Old-time vinyl records had songs on both sides. The drawback was that only one song could be played at a time. The second was on the flip side. The listener had to make a choice as to which one he ...

The Worker Is Worthy of His Hire

There is an old song that says we all work hard for our money. Whether we do manual labor, working our physical muscles; or we are in a cerebral occupation, working our mental muscles, the work we do ...

Our AUGUST God

Summer extends well past the end of August, but for all practicality, August wraps up the activities of the summer season, even as we feel summer's heat linger deep into September. The year has moved ...