Do you know what the term bi-vocational pastor means? It means the pastor basically has two full-time jobs! He works for the Lord at the church and then at his secular employment to take care of the family. It is not easy. It is so demanding! They deserve our prayers, encouragement, and cooperation. I know what it’s like to run a fifty pound jackhammer all night and then get up with little sleep and do church work. I have driven a three hour roundtrip to work at a sales count

If your church turned off the lights for the final time, shut and locked the doors, never to open them again, would your community miss you? Would they notice? Would they care? They should—and we are responsible to demonstrate that we make a difference. Think of it. Each local church is to be a visible expression of the body of Christ. We are His hands to help, His feet to go to those who are hurting, His lips to speak words of hope, His heart to pulse with His love. The Lor

I have been exasperated, upset, a recipient of bad news, or for some other disappointment exclaimed, “Good grief!” Was it good? What can be good about grief? Certainly, there is bad grief. There is grief over bad events that generates disillusionment, despair, depression, disbelief, and even death—a slow withering away from hopelessness or a quicker decision to commit suicide. Nothing good about that grief. Yet, there can be a good grief—a grief that drives us to God instead