June 2021 Tower You know, I’ve been thinking a lot this month about success. What makes someone successful? How do we measure success? How do churches think about successful worship services or ministries? With the thought of success comes the weight of pressure. Sure, pressure can be managed and under...
Whenever I sit down to write my article for the Tower, I find myself distracted. Some call this phenomenon writer’s block while others refer to it as ADD. Many of you know that I do not think of myself as a writer. Austin would tell you that I hate writing....
Spring. There is one aspect of Spring that I absolutely love. No, it is certainly not the flowers or the sunshine or the allergies. It is Spring Cleaning. I love organizing and arranging things so that they are in proper order. Despite my feeble attempts to convince Austin to go...
“So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not...
Luke 4:16-22 Jesus was not the person many Israelites hoped he would be. Their assumptions and hope for the Messiah did not align completely with the message Jesus proclaimed. He did fulfill the scriptures. He is the son of God. He came with the message of the Kingdom of God....
