At Samaritan’s Heart Mission Church we tend to live by something I heard a few years ago: “Don’t ask God to bless what you’re doing, do what He is blessing.” What God has shown us in 2024 is that He is blessing our efforts to...
Are you straining too hard for a glimpse of Jesus? https://youtu.be/j0adJaIKxf4 ...
I realize that you may have the sound of Christmas music in your ears and an aversion to more turkey in your stomach as I write this. But before Thanksgiving becomes too distant in the rearview mirror, let’s take one more look at what Christ-following...
Scars can be difficult to look at. Why should we ne thankful for them? https://youtu.be/WJx7tDoUqn4 ...
In my relatively short time as a pastor (five years at age 63), I have ministered to more than my share of imprisoned people. Some were in prison, or county jail. Others were imprisoned by alcoholism, drug addiction, or mental illness. Some were imprisoned by...
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them? Psalm 8:3-4 (NIV) What the psalmist here is telling us is that in the vastness of...
Before you can be thankful you need to remember. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIsiG3rcMkY ...
We kick off a four-part series on thankfulness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kwI8ShQhbw ...
I grew up on a dairy farm that was, even by 1970s standards, very small. One of my chores was to get the 20 cows that were grazing in a pasture down our “cow lane” to the barn for milking. One of those times, I believe...
I realize that the title of this post potentially limits the audience to church goers. I suppose I could have titled it: “Why Do You Go to Church/Why Don’t You Go to Church?” I believe explaining God’s purpose for a church family can also speak...