by Pastor Rick | Aug 22, 2011 | Pastor's Blog, Recent News
Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become what he can and should be. ~ Goethe He came up to the table walking slowly and carefully, head bowed, face sun burnt, in clothes that hung loosely around his...
by Pastor Rick | Aug 17, 2011 | Pastor's Blog, Recent News
In my reading this morning I came across this parable: A deaf man buys a ticket to a world famous concert pianists. The concert includes an orchestra and all it’s glorious pieces. In finding his seat he decides he wants to be in the middle of the orchestra. ...
by Pastor Rick | Aug 15, 2011 | Pastor's Blog, Recent News
Sunday at the park we heard another story that illustrates how the conditions in our country are effecting those trying to survive on the streets of our cities and towns. The man told us his story about how his family, who is currently living out of a van, was...
by Pastor Rick | Aug 9, 2011 | Pastor's Blog, Recent News
Often I see well meaning people struggling. They wonder why there is conflict in their life. Daily I see where if people would just get back to the basics of their faith, life would be so much easier. Why struggle with this person or that person? Why talk bad...
by Pastor Rick | Aug 5, 2011 | Pastor's Blog, Recent News
I am a people watcher. I watch where they put their time and what they talk about. It is like a mirror into their spirit that starts to show patterns. Some of those patterns show up based on age, upbringing, ethnicity, and other factors in their life. However it...
by Pastor Rick | Jul 29, 2011 | Pastor's Blog, Recent News
This has been an interesting week for me. But of course, I am finding God rarely gives me what I would call normal weeks. Once in a while I see a normal hour or two, sometimes even a day or two but rarely do I get a whole week that seems “normal”. This...
