This and That

Should you exercise? How often do you go to the gym or workout in your home? Perhaps I just convicted you to put your…

I shared a bit in Sunday school about our family adventure of picking up the dogs from their surgery last week. We took them…

Encouragement comes in the strangest forms. The Apostle Paul, in 2 Corinthians 11:23, begins a long list of the various trials and seemingly despairing…

Last week one of our members had a medical emergency during Sunday school. The whole room jumped up to help and comfort the family,…

When you hear of something falling from heaven, what is your first thought? The word avalanche explains an object or objects falling at a…

As a kind of update concerning my tick adventure, I ended up with Lyme disease and received antibiotics. According to the doctor’s counsel, I…

Do you have a favorite kind of tick? I would hope not! Those little bugs only serve to feed other nicer animals. They also…

Could your friends and family recite a quote of something you say too often? As someone who talks to a lot of people more…

Psalm 9 features some powerful language about our God. Amidst these miniature pictures of God’s vengeance, power, and judgments David proves through all of…

Last weekend, our family had the joy of spending time with another family in some Pine Creek waterfalls. The girls splashed and climbed as…

I don’t bake very often, but I understand a little something about biscuits. Flour and butter serve as the main components. You have specific…

As is so often the case in sermon preparation, many things on which I meditated did not end up in the preaching draft this…

Some folks spend years developing technique, handling of tools, and coordination so they might chisel a sculpture into being. Other folks spend months agonizing…

How can I fight sin? What are the tools I can utilize right now? Peter Van Mastricht bases his answer on the essential transformation…

Tomorrow marks four years of my official start date as Senior Pastor of First Baptist Wellsboro. In many ways it seems like only yesterday.…

How often do bring up to your mind answers to prayer, promises from Scripture, moments of Christian joy? We live fast-paced lives; yet even…