Below is Pastor Don’s blog, where Pastor Don shares his thoughts on Scripture, current events, and more. Make sure to check back here frequently to read more about topics we may even discuss when we meet!
I can say with confidence that I never blacked out from drinking too much in high school. In large part because I never drank in high school. As a matter of fact I wasn’t invited to parties. I wasn’t out getting with the ladies. I wasn’t even really sure what I was missing. I…
Do you believe Judge Kavanaugh who says he has never committed a sexual crime? Do you believe Christine Blasey Ford who asserts that Judge Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the summer 1982? Today will be a day of the nation taking sides. It won’t be pretty and I fear that many Christians will forget that…
ReCAST Church began over 9 years ago with a small group of eager Christ-followers who stepped out in faith to begin a new work. Everybody had a role to play and nobody could just sit by and observe. Further we knew that if this church was going to succeed we needed to get the word…
About 12 years ago, God pressed on my heart the discipline of a daily time studying his word and praying and I have developed an appetite for my 5 am-6 am time with Him. This year on June 20th, I finished a devotional study I had been working through each morning and I had nothing…
I have a strong sense of duty and obligation to my country. At times, it even feels like an inordinate pull on me. I have been moved by the singing of America the Beautiful. I am thoughtful when I have said the pledge of allegiance and quite often I truly contemplate the words when…
Peace to you. For anyone who is in Christ, peace is yours. For those who are not in Christ, peace is available to you. But a glance around at the wind and waves of culture would lead all hearts to another conclusion. If we listen, see, and feel with our emotions alone, cries of division…
The media makes money by reporting that which is sensational. I get that. But words I have heard from celebrities slung at each other in the past couple of weeks do not seem to go against trends I see in the broader culture. We are slouching toward division, lurching toward unkindness, and oozing away…
I like to blog about light and fluffy things. I tend to like to make people smile and laugh. But I take God and his Word seriously, even if I at times see humor there as well. This is not a light and fluffy blog. This is a painful blog. It is painful on many…
Mattawan, Michigan has now been my home for going on 10 years. Prior to moving here I had very little knowledge about the community other than some demographic study and a few people that I knew who lived here. God developed a church planting team back in 2008 and we began to pray for this…
If you were at the ReCAST volunteer luncheon a couple weeks ago, you heard us announce that Jackie Kline is going to work for Heartland Hospice full-time as their bereavement coordinator. If you were at our family meeting last Sunday, you heard Nathan announce that he’s going to air traffic control school in Oklahoma next fall. …
This next week I will be preaching on 1 Samuel 9. It has been a confusing passage for me in the past. It has not been confusion because it is difficult to grasp. It has been confusing because of the detail that seems to be superfluous to the story-line. (*spoiler alert*) Saul is going…
I attended a conference with more than 12,000 other pastors and lay-leaders in Louisville, KY earlier in the month and it was an amazing conference with hours of great preaching, amazing worship with thousands of voices lifted up in praise in the KFC Yum! Center. But out of all that experience one particular nugget…
