by Josh Waltz | Dec 19, 2021 | A Pastor's Heart
It’s an intriguing and enchanting story, that aspect of the nativity where the wise men visit the holy family in Bethlehem. Noble magi. Long journey. Mysterious star. Valuable gifts. From our perspective, it’s an enchanting story. But from the perspective of the...
by Jim Simons | Aug 3, 2020 | A Pastor's Heart
Our lives have odd changes and adjustments in this time. A friend of the family postponed her wedding several months, having hoped an indoor wedding would become more feasible. Debi is making the food for it and having to mask up as if for surgery. Guests will sit...
by Josh Waltz | Feb 1, 2018 | A Pastor's Heart
Maintaining the inadvertent theme of long reviews of short books, I’d like to introduce two helpful books: The Message of Ecclesiastes, by Derek Kidner, Coming soon to a book table near you. Per Josh, this is a very high value per pound. God’s people are usually not...
by Josh Waltz | Jan 8, 2018 | A Pastor's Heart
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All is vanity!” It’s the well-known and joyless refrain from Ecclesiastes—the obscure book we’re setting out to study for the next 3 months. Why would anyone ever choose to preach through this gloomy book? For one thing, this...
by Josh Waltz | Dec 27, 2017 | A Pastor's Heart
It’s an intriguing and enchanting story, that aspect of the nativity where the wise men visit the holy family in Bethlehem. Noble magi. Long journey. Mysterious star. Valuable gifts. From our perspective, it’s an enchanting story. But from the perspective of the...