Not counting days when I have been gone for mission trips, vacations, or illnesses, today is the 522nd Sunday that we have been with this church. Now, if you do the math, we have 52 weeks in a year, so 522/52 is just over 10. But we have not yet been here for 10 years. …
“Yesterdays, Today, and Tomorrows” by Pastor Andy Braams Read More »
I love to teach, but like many who teach my least favorite part is grading. To make matters worse, I do not really believe in the value of quizzes and tests, so I rarely give them. That means that the majority of what I grade are multiple (and sometimes many) page papers. Even though I …
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Last weekend, Reverend Raphael Warnock, one of the newly senators elected from Georgia, tweeted the following: “The meaning of Easter is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Whether you are Christian or not, through a commitment to helping others we are able to save ourselves.” Now, I may not agree with Senator Warnock …
On February 2, 2020, something happened that I was unsure I would ever see in my lifetime. That is not to say that it had not happened before, but this event had only happened twice before. And one of those instances did not end as well as many had hoped. Having been 50 years since …
