Author: Pastor Smith

Text:  Hebrews 13: 1-8 I was doing some pre-marital counseling the other day in Windsor.  We were talking about communication, which is so vital in a marriage.  Two words came to mind.  Never and always.  Two words that can be so unfair when dealing with one another.  You never do this… You always forget.  That’s rarely true. Then there are […]

Text:  Haggai 1: 2-14 There are times in our lives when people who care call on us to stop and think about what we’re doing or not doing.  Maybe our mom or dad, a close friend, or someone we work with.  They speak up because they care.  Son, think about what you’re doing.  Here is such a time described in […]

Text:  Hebrews 11:1-2; Hebrews 11:8-16 I remember sitting in her living room.  She told me she attended some Miracle Temple in Chicago.  Then she asked me:  Do you believe in miracles?  I said yes and then I quickly added:  and you know what is the greatest miracle of all, the fact that you and I can say with a believing […]

Text:  Genesis 2: 24  Marriage Sunday             The other day I heard this story.  A husband got up to make something special for breakfast.  His wife was still asleep.  He went to heat something up in the frying pan.  It made a little smoke-well that’s what he said.  The smoke detector went off and woke her up.  Good morning, honey!  […]

Text:  Isaiah 58: 6-12 This kind of word is important for us to hear from time to time.  There is a part of us that would reduce our Christianity down to nothing more than a label and some ritual we follow when we come together.   Call it a rut or a wrong turn.  We Christians can and do sometimes make […]