by joe | Dec 24, 2020 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
We all know the words of this classic Christmas song on the birth of Jesus: Silent night, Holy night, All is calm, all is bright, Round yon virgin, mother and child Holy infant, tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. I am reminded of...
by joe | Dec 18, 2020 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
It was been one wonderfully crazy week for me. If this week was a story the unfolding events of this week would definitely be building to the climax of the story. I am reminded of the blessedness of ministry related weariness. It is something that all followers...
by joe | Dec 11, 2020 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
It is interesting how nearsighted we can be when looking at life situations. Our tendency is to see the up close and personal situation in our lives and fail to see if from the perspective of distance. It is easy for us to think that we are...
by joe | Nov 25, 2020 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
My guess would be that thankfulness does not come naturally for most of us. It seems we are more proficient at finding things that are wrong then celebrating all the good. It does not take much work to fixate on one thing that is not right and...
by joe | Nov 20, 2020 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
I never cease to be surprised by the wrong perspectives that I have on life. I want to touch on one of these today- the perception that things in life just happen without any participation on my part. Now I know that there are many things that...
by joe | Nov 12, 2020 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
It is amazing the people the Lord uses to accomplish His work in our world. This is something that I have been aware of at each turn from the launch of Living Hope in 2001, through each of the last 19 plus years and even with our existing site development. It is...
