by Pastor Cecil | Aug 18, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
Colossians 3:1-11(12-14) In my first call, my senior pastor was a big fan of Lloyd Oglivie, then Senate Chaplain who was also a Presbyterian minister. As a pastor he met regularly with other clergy to pray and study the scriptures they would be preaching the next...
by Pastor Cecil | Mar 11, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
(Based on Philippians 3:17 – 4:1) The season of Lent is an emotionally charged journey with Jesus. It is a time of deep reflection as we consider the desert places in our lives and the practice and failure that meet us in our quest to follow Jesus to a cross… A...
by Pastor Cecil | Mar 11, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
I Corinthians 15:1-11, ESV Someone described these verses like the end of a movie: Paul rolls the credits beginning with the Director of All, Christ, and a summary of the gospel. Then the names scroll from Cephas to all the apostles. At the end Paul lists himself,...
by Pastor Cecil | Mar 11, 2022 | Pastor's Blog
Genesis 45:1-15 “Land o’ Goshen!” “Land o’ Goshen” was an expression I heard in my grandmother’s house, although it is rarely heard today. She used it both to express wonder and frustration. “Land o’ Goshen! Look at all the apples in that tree.” “Land o’ Goshen,...
by Pastor Cecil | Jan 11, 2022 | Pastor's Blog, Uncategorized
Based on Psalm 147:12-20 In this psalm, God’s people are told to praise the Lord. Why? Because God strengthens and blesses, grants peace and provision. But the next part of the text seems odd: God’s word is sent to the earth to spread snow and frost and hail and...
by Pastor Cecil | Sep 14, 2021 | Pastor's Blog
James 1:16-21 A Christian died and went to heaven where Peter met him to show him around. Heaven was filled with beauty, the Father’s light and presence everywhere. Then they went around a corner and there stood a group of people in chains. “What is this?” asked the...