I’m not going to lie. The last few months have been hard. Heartbreaking, really. I went through a similar experience while preaching south of Muncie. I think I wound up conducting something like four funerals over the span of three months. It takes its emotional toll. Back in November, we lost David, his mother, and…
This song is, without a doubt, my all-time favorite Christmas song. I guess this really shouldn’t be that much of a surprise. With musical and lyrical roots that date back approximately 1,000 years, O Come, Emmanuel has some serious staying power. The tune is haunting. The lyrics echo the cry of a people yearning to be free….
There are several characteristics about our church that remind me of some of my earliest church memories. If memory serves correctly, the demographics are probably similar. It was a smaller church and you knew that the people really loved each other. I remember the church pot lucks were a pretty big deal. I can remember…