Hebrews 10: 23-25a

Hebrews 10:23-25a Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one...

Breaking Through and Moving Back to Center

Breaking Through and Moving Back to Center The combination of the feelings of isolation, disillusionment, and fear ate my usually resilient heart for breakfast.  I am speaking about going through Covid-19, the social justice issues, and national political turmoil,...

Got Salt?

Is Your Faith Story About Being Salt or About Being Salty? Matthew 5: 13-17 I’ve met a few Christians who find the validity of their faith in the practice of grievance. They seem to be salty because their worldview no longer dominates public discourse. The Christian...

A Deadly Pit

Matthew 15:14 -18 14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[d] If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.” 16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the...

Questions of Faith and Responsibility

An excerpt from the pastoral letter of Rev. Dr. James E. McJunkin, Jr. Questions based on Luke 18: 1-9 Will we ignore the plight and the plea for justice from the most vulnerable in our society or will we help to bind the wounds? In what ways are we able to identify...

Partnership Required!!

Some thirty-four years ago I answered the call to serve the churches of the Philadelphia Baptist Association (PBA). I was pleased to leave my home in Cleveland Ohio to staff the community outreach and public witness emphasis of the PBA. The ministry models that have...