Pastor Jeff’s Blog

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. – Psalm 130:5-6 One [...]

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness. – Zephaniah 3:17 Sometimes I use this blog to provoke deeper thought about faith and life. [...]

They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. [...]

A happy heart is like good medicine, but a broken spirit drains your strength. – Proverbs 17:22 We’ve all seen the infomercials. An exotic herb that will lower your cholesterol, boost your memory [...]

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. – James 1:19-20  [...]

“There are only two things I can’t stand in this world: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.” – Nigel Powers There are only two kinds of people in America today. [...]

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. – Isaiah 41:10 There are lots of [...]

Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. – Genesis 1:26 There’s the story we hear in the news. And there’s the story we tell ourselves about the story. In the last [...]

Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. – Psalm 25:16 Last week Washington Post columnist, George F. Will, wrote an article entitled “We Have an Epidemic of Loneliness. [...]

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. – John 1:5 Indonesia is still reeling from a 7.5-magnitude quake and tsunami with waves as high as 20 feet that hit the [...]