Evergreen Connection
Ready For My Last New Year
Saturday night was my 50th New Year’s Eve and it is clearly not as compelling as it once was. Kristin and I watched the ball drop on New York time and then went to bed. At midnight, Pacific Time, I was fast asleep and all I remember of the turn of the year was the […]
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How to Shine Your Light for Christ
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We are Ready for Jesus to Arrive at Our Inn
I just read through the 82 names signed up to help staff the Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter next week and I am moved to tears. We have just two spots left to fill and then we will be ready for Jesus to arrive. The simple completion of a roster we committed to is not the source […]
Continue ReadingWhere Did the Day Go?
I feel a bit sheepish acknowledging this but I am not going to be able to write my usual post for today’s Connection. I left the house at 5:45am and now it is 4:00pm. Somehow the 10 hours in between have just evaporated without my having accomplished this weekly task. I do apologize. Perhaps there […]
Continue ReadingWe Bought a Missionary in India
India is purple on the wall map in my office, and as of this morning, I am now tangibly invested in that giant diamond that is home to over a billion souls. Kristin and I are sponsoring Lalit Bardhan, an Indian preacher who has been called to reach his own people with the gospel. We […]
Continue ReadingFarewell to the Kings
Wrapping up a long sermon series is a bittersweet experience, akin to getting home after an epic road trip with great friends. There is both relief you’re finally home as well as some sadness that it’s all over. That’s how I’m feeling this morning after wrapping up Searching for a King last weekend, our journey […]
Continue ReadingA Pilgrim Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving EBC Family! Please enjoy this article from Breakpoint Magazine this week. Holidays and Hardship The Thanksgiving holiday is upon us, a time when we are called to think back over the events of the previous year and give thanks for the many blessings we’ve received. For some it will be a time of […]
Continue ReadingTraining Our Kids in the Lord
How did Hezekiah, one of Israel’s most faithful kings ever, produce Manasseh, Israel’s most wicked king ever? However it happened, Toby made the point in last weekend’s message that although there are no guarantees in parenting, we must be zealously proactive in raising our kids in the instruction of the Lord. I would like to […]
Continue ReadingElecting Grasshoppers
I didn’t want to write about today’s election. So much has been written and said about it over the last few months, including many brilliant pieces I have read, what can I possibly add? And with the grim political picture facing us, do we really need my attempt to describe dark grey? Yet the fact […]
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Pastor Appreciation
“Are you the pastor?” It seems a simple question, but I usually hesitate in my answer. For instance, when I answer the phone at church and the first thing I hear is, “Are you the pastor?” I always want to say, “No, but I’ll go see if I can find him.” But when the question […]
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