4 Mistakes While Preaching from Your Desk

I have sat on this article for several weeks, but with the encouragement of my wife, I’m going to go ahead and publish it. Let me first make a disclaimer. I am not an expert in video production. In fact, I have very little experience doing it. However, as the commercial says, “I have slept …

A Terrifying Call from the Closet

Two weeks ago, our phone rang a few minutes before midnight. It was our oldest daughter. We could barely hear her, but she began by saying, “We’re okay, but our house was just hit by a tornado.” On the night of April 13, 2020, a tornado swept through our daughter and son-in-law’s neighborhood. When our …

The Church is not the Building

All my life, I have heard the oft-repeated message, “the church is not the building; it’s the people.” Another way I have heard it expressed is, “You can’t ‘go to church” because you are the church.” Well, now’s the time to prove it! Our meeting houses have been empty for a month now, but the …

5 Tips for Worshiping at Home

Due to the pandemic, most believers find themselves in unfamiliar circumstances, especially with respect to worship. We suddenly find ourselves unable to engage in many lifelong habitual yet meaningful practices. Having to worship at home may be discomforting to many of us. We might find it difficult to concentrate. It may even feel awkward. And …

Quarantine Questions

Ever since congregations decided to no longer worship at their usual meeting houses due to the COVID-19 virus, I have received a number of questions from concerned Christians. These questions have not been asked by those who have a contentious spirit or who desire to find fault in the decisions that have been made but …