The Pastor's Perspective

              There  was once a Doctor who started working at a new hospital in a new town. On his first day at work this doctor meet a nurse. The two doctors really hit it off and over time became close friends.     These two guys had several things in common. When it came to football they both cheered on the Chicago bears football team. When it came to baseball however, they both refuse to support any team other than the St. Louis Cardinals. They enjoyed many of the same kind of foods and listened to many of the same bands. They both really enjoyed each others company.      There was just one thing that these two doctors did not quite see eye to eye on. That one thing was religion. The doctor was a devout believer in Christ and the nurse was a staunch atheist.      Over time the two would talk about religious matters. The Doctor really wanted his friend to come to Christ. Yet time and time again his f...

      It was Monday, Jan 20th at 7:30am. I woke up feeling glad that I did not have to get up at 5 o clock in the morning. It was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so being a national holiday the schools were closed which meant that I got a day off.      There was a lot going on in the news. Tik Toc a social media platform was just recently banned. Even though this day was a national holiday (and an important one at that I may add) President Trump was being sworn in to become the 47th President of the United States. However That was not what people were talking about when I grabbed my phone and got on Facebook.      I was shocked to see that in the last moments of Joe Biden's Presidency, Joe Biden had issued some last minute  pardons.      Many presidents in times past have used there last remaining moments in the white house to deliver certain pardons. This has been going on since George Washington was in office all the way to ...

    A few American tourist were visiting Portugal and they went to a monastery that they were told they should check out. This monastery was unique in that it was on top of a 3,000 foot cliff and only accessible by a basket.      The basket was large enough for a few people get in it to ride to the top. The basket was pulled up with a single rope and with several strong men.     So to say that this left these Americans with a few concerns would be an understatement. Though they had some concerns and a couple of questions. These brave tourists hopped in the basket. They had seen many others ascend and descend this cliff without incident. So this added to there confidence and courage.       Well about half way up the cliff the American noticed that the single rope that was raising the basket looked to him to be a little frayed. This mad the man a little nervous as anyone would be.      So looking to relieve his fears an...

          Imagine if you will there is a married couple and they are madly in love. with one another. Things are going great in there marriage and it would appear that their relationship will last.     However one day the husband gets news from his boss that he has to go for a year overseas to a job site and unfortunately he will have to go alone. He goes home and talks it over with his wife. While she is not particularly fond of the idea of her husband leaving she knows that he has to do it to keep his job. He packs his bags and kisses his wife good bye and boards the plane. Before he leaves he promises his wife that he will write her every day.      Sure enough the Husband is devoted to writing a letter to his wife every day. He spends time sharing in his letters all that he is doing, how much he misses her. He spends money every week getting stamps and rushes out send to the mail room.      There is just one proble...

     William Allen White, a famous newspaper editor in Emporia, Kansas, once gave a 50 acre tract of land to the city for a park.      At the dedication of the park, Mr. White walked up to the poem and gave a small speech. In that speech Mr. White shared with the audience about the blessing of giving. Mr. White said this;      "There are three kicks in every dollar. One kick is when you make it, and boy how I love to make a dollar! One kick is when you save it and I have the Yankee's lust for saving a buck. The third kick is when you give it away, and that is the biggest kick of all"       Generosity is a virtue that we are grateful being the recipients of. Look back on your life and I am sure you will find a time in your life when someone was generous with you. When someone gave you some time to listen to you. Times when someone helped you with a problem you were having. Times when someone out of their own generosity gave...

       One question that I have heard many times before and you may have heard this question before. You may have even asked this question yourself. It's a question that many people ask after certain traumatic events. Events like the New Orleans attack this past week  where 14 people were killed.       That question goes something like this "Why would God allow Good people to suffer?" or "Why do bad things happen to good people?"      I remember a couple of years back I had a conversation with a man who was asking that very question. Which gave me an opportunity to share with him a few things that I have learned both from God's word and my own personal experiences with grief and hardships.     The first thing I remember telling that man was that one of the major reasons why bad things happen is because we are filled with bad people. This man view point was that God was the source of all these troubles. In fact many ti...