by Josh Waltz | Nov 28, 2021 | A Pastor's Heart
One of our yearly traditions at Parker Hills is to observe Advent for the four Sundays leading to Christmas. Short readings, candle lightings, and a Christmas-themed sermon series are the central features of our tradition. It’s a special time, but we don’t do it just...
by Jim Simons | Nov 3, 2020 | A Pastor's Heart
When I taught the middle school youth group I asked them, “What’s the answer?” That was easy. Then I asked, “Why is that the right answer?” That was hard. It’s hard for adults, too. The world’s model for handling questions is to prefer your own wisdom, cling...
by Josh Waltz | Jan 6, 2019 | A Pastor's Heart
Jesus’ final request from His Father before His death was perfect unity for His church: “I ask that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you...
by Josh Waltz | Dec 30, 2018 | A Pastor's Heart
Two weeks ago, I wrote that every problem in our world is ultimately a unity problem, rooted in human sin. God creates harmony and order; sin is disintegration, fragmentation, breakdown, chaos. Thankfully, Jesus came to restore unity and harmony to the entire created...
by Josh Waltz | Dec 16, 2018 | A Pastor's Heart
It’s no exaggeration to say that our world is falling apart. That’s not being pessimistic; it’s just being honest. And biblical. Paul wrote: “The creation itself experiences bondage to decay” and even now “the whole creation groans,” waiting for renewal (Rom...
