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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 19, 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...