Posts from January 2023

…For a Pastor I was so thankful last Wednesday evening to hear the report from our Pastor Search Committee. The gathering was well-attended by our PSBC family and the session proved to be one of great encouragement to my heart. I was delighted to hear how you all have shared your hearts and minds with the Search Committee and to see how they have organized your responses to be able to communicate well with pastoral candidates. The meeting was an…

Janet and I love the time we can be with Erin, our daughter, and Matt, our son-in-law, and our grandchildren!  There is a never-ending joy that comes in listening to our grands talk as we play with them.  We have done our part in giving them toys and they enjoy playing with them. Even so, it always tickles me how in their play they will ask me to “make” something to fit into the play agenda for the day.  Once…

Many of the famous quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr. have been remembered this week but one of the less famous ones is also one of the most applicable for our approach to relationships with others every day, and it makes for a great “before and after” puzzle on Wheel of Fortune. King is quoted as saying, “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” Add that quote with the question, “now what?”…

One of the books that I am starting out the year reading is by Mark MacDonald and it is titled, Be Known for Something. It is a book to challenge churches to embrace an intentional church-specific approach to reconnecting with their communities. I am looking forward to the insights gained from the reading but, as I begin the journey of its pages, I am thankful that Poplar Springs Baptist Church is known for its love and care for others! On…

The Scripture calls on us to “be still” and draw our attention to knowing God (Psalm 46:10). Just a couple of Psalms later, we also read, “O God, we meditate on your unfailing love” (Psalm 48:9). The worship song by Chris Tomlin encourages us in this way as well singing, “In the secret, in the quiet place. In the stillness, you are there. In the secret, in the quiet hour, I wait, only for you, ‘cause I want to know…