Guest post By Carolyn Pierpont On a recent shopping trip, I was perusing the card selection trying to find the perfect card for my husband’s birthday. What I found were many cards that were meant to be light-hearted and funny but struck me as just the opposite. I didn’t want a card that was funny […]
No more cheesy powerpoint
I’m trying to prepare myself for the use of PowerPoint during our worship services so I found this interview with Rene Shlaepfer intersting. Here are few ideas gleaned from the interview; Keep the slides simple and uncluttered The slides should never be obtrusive, and they should never dictate the substance of the message Don’t settle […]
Jeremiah
By Kenneth L. Pierpont A summer day stands out in my memory. We were swimming at the community pool in Baltimore, Ohio where my sister Melony, brother-in-law Jim and their family lived at the time. Kyle was five that summer. His cousin Jeremiah was six. Jeremiah is nine months older than Kyle. Jeremiah was born […]
Have you ever wondered if you were backsliding?
By: Maynard H. Belt — Reprinted with permission O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness like a fetter bind my wand’ring heart to Thee. Prone to wander–Lord, I feel it– prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart–O take and seal it, seal it for […]
Homeschooled kids elude state
That title sounds a bit sinister doesn’t it? It makes it sound like crafty, Michigan homeshoolers are deceiving the state. Thanks to Isabel Lyman I found this article at the DetNews.com a little interesting. It notes true enough that many homeschooled students in Michigan go unaccounted for. This quote from the article may seem like […]
Pastor-teachers – for equipping the saints
Ephesians 4:11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; [NASB] Facing the unique challenges of ministry in the church, a pastor, […]