Reflections from Pastor Tim
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2009
This is an interesting question that will raise some curiosity, if nothing else. Have you ever thought of this? There are actually instances in the Old Testament, four of them, I can count, where God shifts gears or “changed His mind” after His people pray (see for example Hosea 11). But it is thrown into [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 19th, 2009
Just preached a second sermon on the effectiveness of prayer and many questions still make this, at least, one of the most mysterious aspects of the Christian journey. I remember on the dashboard of my 1969 VW I had a small 2×3 inch wood plaque that proclaimed “Prayer Changes Things.” I must admit, even though [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 14th, 2009
This past Sunday I had a bye in the pulpit, as they say, which means as a very gifted partner in our ministry preached, I could get away and worship elsewhere. I chose to go with my family and my mother to our old home church in Hollywood, where we grew up and where I was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 7th, 2009
We couldn’t help today but be impacted by the attention being given to the life of Michael Jackson as he was remembered in Los Angeles today. Quite a spectacle but, I must say, quite reserved and appropriate for the entertainer he had become. What hit me most of all, were the several references to put [...]