I’m currently enjoying Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite. I’m reading it slowly. I will often pack a pipe a couple of times a week and sit outside and read a stave. I’ve not been a big reader of poetry in my adulthood. I encounter poetry primarily through the Psalms or the occasional poem…
I’ve grown in my conviction that God is worthy of all worship. Jesus is exalted. He is the Son of God, the only mediator between God and mankind. He is the King of Heaven, and will be the King of the new earth. He is the perfect image of the invisible God, and as such…
Over the years I have been blessed to know several public safety officers. And for some reason, my church has always had several active duty police officers who call ReCAST church home. We also have a handful of retired officers. I appreciate the service and sacrifice that public safety officers give to their communities. It…
My God is Yahweh. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The God of Israel. The Almighty Creator. The King of king David. The Father of Jesus Christ. The Author of redemption and my faith. And I sin. I have grown in my confidence that the church has overused the word idolatry. Not every sin…
I’ve been a soccer fan for most of my life. I played AYSO in my youth. I played in high school anchoring the defense for four years in the sweeper position and then played three years at a small Bible college in South Carolina. I also coached for a youth city league in Grand Rapids,…
250 years is a long time. All who were born in that year have been personally forgotten. Some are remembered via writings or historical accounts. But nobody from that time is KNOWN by any kind of firsthand or even second-hand knowledge. It is all history! On a personal level, 250 years is a long time.…
I have a pulpit. It is astonishing to me that God has called me and used me as a preacher of His Holy Word. This has been an incredible privilege and one that I feared for many years. I had an intense fear of public speaking and I wouldn’t have believed you if you had…
The story goes that a goat herder in Ethiopia found that his goats had more energy when they ate the berries of a certain plant, so then the shepherds steeped the berries and found that they were more alert and energetic, and now we can enjoy our large half-calf, sugar-free, caramel latte, with 2%, topped…
I recently was listening to a question and answer podcast by a pastor that I’ve highly respected over the years. And the question posed to him was something along the lines of, “How much should a pastor get into correcting the cultural muck of our times, in the pulpit?” While the pastor answering has a…
God has given some good things to you. I just know that He has. He has been so kind and merciful to me. And I can certainly dive deep into the atonement, His gift of His Son to save me, His adoption of me into His family. The big things deserve big thanks. But what…
Ben, Don, and Trent. These are three guys that share the distinct privilege of being full-time vocational pastors at ReCAST Church. Both Ben and Trent came to ReCAST from working in very different fields. Ben was a teacher at a local Christian school. Trent was full-time military. Both began attending ReCAST before they ever considered…
Do you know what will kill you? Microplastics. Pipe smoke. PFA’s. Chem trails. Terrorists. Pesticides. A tainted food supply. And . . . (add your favorite fear here) I have said before in sermons that we are all dying, and one day a certificate will state in retrospect what it was that finished the job.…
