0 By popmn In Featured, Pastor Jeff's BlogPosted August 2, 2021Gender Equality and the Tokyo GamesSo God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. – Genesis 1:27 At the first modern Olympic games, held in Athens in 1896, there [...] READ MORE
0 By popmn In Featured, Pastor Jeff's BlogPosted June 7, 2021Follow Jesus“Come, follow me,” Jesus said. – Matthew 4:19 Jesus never said, “Be like me.” Being transformed into the likeness of Jesus is the work of the Holy Spirit. If you’ve been working hard to become [...] READ MORE
0 By popmn In Featured, Pastor Jeff's BlogPosted May 31, 2021A No Drop Ride“Then a Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he felt compassion for him. Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put the [...] READ MORE
0 By popmn In Featured, Pastor Jeff's BlogPosted May 3, 2021Do Not JudgeDo not judge… – Luke 6:37 I watched as dozens of bank swallows swooped above the water like a troop of acrobats, eating the insects that hovered on the lake’s surface. Further out in the [...] READ MORE
0 By popmn In Featured, Pastor Jeff's BlogPosted April 5, 2021Death and Resurrection“Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times [...] READ MORE
0 By popmn In Featured, Pastor Jeff's BlogPosted March 29, 2021The Lost Art of ListeningEveryone should be quick to listen, slow to speak…. – James 1:19 It happened again. I was talking with a friend and brought up something I’d been struggling with. Without missing a beat my friend [...] READ MORE
0 By popmn In Featured, Pastor Jeff's BlogPosted March 1, 2021Lamenting the Past to Heal the PresentOur parents sinned and are no more, and now we’re paying for the wrongs they did. – Lamentations 5:7 It is human nature to resist pain. We repress negative emotions. We avoid conflict. We [...] READ MORE
1 By popmn In Featured, Pastor Jeff's BlogPosted February 1, 2021Not Normal“I can’t wait until things get back to normal.” I’ve uttered those words dozens of times in the past 10 months. I want to be able to go out to dinner with Nancy. I want to be able to grab coffee [...] READ MORE
2 By popmn In Featured, Pastor Jeff's BlogPosted January 4, 2021Living WiselyTune your ears to wisdom and concentrate on understanding. Cry out for insight and ask for understanding. Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures…. Then you will [...] READ MORE
0 By popmn In Featured, Pastor Jeff's BlogPosted January 3, 2021Backward and Forward…but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through [...] READ MORE