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    Getting In Shape
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    Getting In Shape

    Training For the Christian “Just one more cookie.” I don’t know about your home, but ours has begun to overflow with holiday food. It...
    Comfort: Blessing Or Idol?
    • Oct 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    Comfort: Blessing Or Idol?

    “Cozy coze.” It’s one of my favorite sayings around the home. When we light a fire or we get our jammies on or bundle up in a blanket or...
    Surprised By Love
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    Surprised By Love

    The Counterintuitive Love of Jesus For Sinners “But how could anybody love me? I’ve made such a mess of my life.” Whether we feel like we...
    "Contagious" Bible Reading
    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 5 min

    "Contagious" Bible Reading

    How Your Public Reading of Scripture Impacts Others “It’s contagious!” Usually these words are not happy words. They bring up a gut-level...
    Backsliding and the Christian
    • Aug 12, 2021
    • 4 min

    Backsliding and the Christian

    Four Reasons Believers Slip Back Into Old Sins and Habits Country roads in Amish country are unique. There are all the things you would...
    The Key To Raising Children Who Love The Lord
    • Aug 4, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Key To Raising Children Who Love The Lord

    Why A Parent’s Affection For Jesus Is The Greatest Gift Hypocrisy can kill faith. The greatest hindrance to the Gospel parents can give...
    5 Lessons We Learned In The Pandemic
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    5 Lessons We Learned In The Pandemic

    Reflections From A Pastor On Return To Normal Ministry In The Local Church “It feels so good to be back to normal.” Whether this was...
    Loving Needy People (Even When They Frustrate You)
    • May 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    Loving Needy People (Even When They Frustrate You)

    Bzzz…bzzz…bzzz… I looked down at my phone, the green incoming call flashing. “Another phone call?” I thought to myself a bit annoyed. “I...
    The Ungodly Desire To Be God
    • May 20, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Ungodly Desire To Be God

    I have to confess: I want to be God of my life. And based on my interaction with every man and woman I have ever met, I think you want to...
    Thoughts From the First Month as “Pastor JT”
    • Jul 6, 2013
    • 3 min

    Thoughts From the First Month as “Pastor JT”

    In the midst of trying to keep my head on straight I have reflected on four things that the Lord has sought fit to impress upon me as a...
    Born Again?! Jesus and Nicodemus
    • Apr 18, 2013
    • 1 min

    Born Again?! Jesus and Nicodemus

    This past weekend I had the opportunity and privilege to preach at Londonderry Presbyterian Church in Londonderry, New Hampshire. The...
    Poem: The Desert
    • Sep 17, 2012
    • 1 min

    Poem: The Desert

    The child sits in the desert, feeling far from God and the warmth of His Son Life seems to regress and our faith feels like it’s...
    Gordon Conwell: My Hopes
    • Sep 14, 2012
    • 2 min

    Gordon Conwell: My Hopes

    1) My biggest hope for the year is for my relationship with God. The seminary has been very clear that this is also a hope for them as...
    Gordon Conwell: Orientation Week
    • Sep 12, 2012
    • 2 min

    Gordon Conwell: Orientation Week

    Gordon-Conwell does it right. Let’s be honest, I have never had such such a blessed orientation week. Usually orientation is not...
    Our Affectionate “Grandpa”
    • Sep 8, 2012
    • 2 min

    Our Affectionate “Grandpa”

    Death is a difficult thing. We don’t understand it. We have a hard time coping with it. We wish it didn’t happen. But it does. It is a...
    Princeton: A Chapter Ends
    • Sep 5, 2012
    • 1 min

    Princeton: A Chapter Ends

    We miss the many miles of mountain bike trails that we knew like the back of our hands. We miss the fireflies. We miss our daycation...
    Pulpit Supply
    • Sep 3, 2012
    • 2 min

    Pulpit Supply

    We came to Gloucester for the expressed purpose of studying Homiletics, preaching, at a great seminary. It was to be a year of...
    Princeton: An Education
    • Sep 1, 2012
    • 2 min

    Princeton: An Education

    Over the next three years I engaged in a heated process of discerning my call to ministry. I had come with the intent of my M.Div. being...
    Princeton: Community
    • Aug 31, 2012
    • 2 min

    Princeton: Community

    Having had a bit of time to decompress from my Princeton Theological Seminary experience, I thought it would be beneficial to look back...
    • Jan 20, 2010
    • 3 min

    Princeton-Six Months Later…

    Last Tuesday was half a year from the day we moved to New Jersey.  While six months, to some, may feel like a long time, it has...
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