Pastor’s Message
Pastor’s Message – February 2025
“Soaring on Eagle’s Wings ” “Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted;but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles,they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” – Isaiah 40:30-31, NRSV Eagles spread their wings Soaring, gliding way up […]
Read More....Pastor’s Message – January 2025
“Living with Hope into God’s Future” “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11, NKJV On January 1, 2019, I wrote a prayer inspired by Jeremiah 29:11: Dear God, You hold our past, present, […]
Read More....Pastor’s Message – December 2024
“Waiting for God (not Godot)” “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” – Luke 1:38 Waiting for Godot, a play written by Samuel Beckett, is one of the most frustrating literary works that I have ever read. Spoiler alert: Godot never comes. The readers or […]
Read More....Pastor’s Message – November 2024
“Count Your Many Blessings, See What God Has Done” “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:6-7 “When I’m worried […]
Read More....Pastor’s Message – October 2024
This October as the leaves begin to change and the colors of fall bring joy to the beholder, may we trust God to lead us in a season of change, open to the new thing that God is doing in and among us.
Read More....Pastor’s Message – September 2024
“Saying Yes to Jesus: The Long Journey of a Disciple” Then he [Jesus] said to them all, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” – Luke 9:23 NRSV “Discipleship is a long obedience in the same direction.” – Eugene Peterson “The Great Commission […]
Read More....Pastor’s Message – June 2024
“A Father’s Story of Resilience and Kindness” Famous Opening Lines in a Book: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …” “Call me Ishmael.” “… I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” There are three […]
Read More....Pastor’s Message – May 2024 “The Gift of Speaking God’s Languages”
At the Greater Delaware Valley Association Annual Meeting on April 28, I was introduced to a couple from India who were recently baptized and became members of the First Asian Baptist Church of Haddonfield. Both of them put their hands together like they were praying and bowed their heads slightly to greet me, saying, “Namaste.” […]
Read More....Pastor’s Message – April 2024
“Witnessing for Jesus in an Uninterested World” “You are witnesses of these things. And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” – Luke 24:48-49 A few days before Easter Sunday, I did a little survey. I was […]
Read More....Pastor’s Message – March
“IT IS NOT FINISHED YET, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!” “Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.” […]
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