a word from the pastor

Tolerating the Necessary

My Bible reading schedule for the week took me through Esther, the book of the Bible famous for the absence of any reference to God. Of course, the discerning reader will plainly see the Lord’s providential hand working at every turn in the story. In Esther, it’s not the devil in the details, tho...
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Three Lessons from a Lady Named Flo

I was on vacation last week in Emerald Isle, North Carolina, where hurricane Florence wreaked havoc in slow-motion destruction. We were notified by local authorities of a mandatory evacuation and that people needed to be off the island by 8 p.m. on Wednesday. At that time, the causeway would be c...
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