Happy Labor Day to everyone! Today is a national holiday, celebrated every year on the first Monday in September. Most of us will enjoy a day off from work, and likely will engage in some family activity involving a good meal and fun family times. According to the Department of Labor’s website, Labor Day “is…
Whenever I look around me lately, I see things that make me fear and worry. The pandemic is still raging, violence and unrest in our country is epidemic, and the hate and vitriol I see spewed out on our social media is unnerving. What is this world coming to? Where in the world can I…
Have you ever looked around you at the evidence of the sin-curse and just had to “sigh” within your spirit? Lately it seems like that is all I do! In this chapter of Mark’s Gospel, we see the Savior sighing deep within His own spirit as He is faced with the need to heal another…
Zig Ziglar once told the story of a newly wed husband who watched while his young wife was putting a ham into the stove to cook. He noticed that she cut the ends off the ham before she placed it in the pan, and asked her why she did that. She said, “I’ve always done…
One of my favorite hymns is “Sweet Hour of Prayer.” Purportedly written by a blind pastor in England in the first half of the 19th Century, this hymn sets forth the blessing we have in our ability to approach God’s throne of grace through the shed blood of Christ. Listen to the hymn writer: “Sweet hour of prayer!…
Where did the summer go? I know this has been a crazy year, with a shortened school spring semester, but It still seems like it was just yesterday that the schools were dismissing! I remember when I was a young child, in elementary school, that one of my favorite days of the year was the day school…
In this sermon series from the Gospel of Mark, we’ve already asked “What happens when Jesus is asleep in your ship?” The answer: the God of Heaven NEVER sleeps nor slumbers! We’ve also asked, “What happens when Jesus gets there too late?” The answer: Jesus is NEVER too late, but always right on time! In…
Do we too often evaluate our present circumstances in light of our own limited abilities? Do we look around and say to ourselves, “There’s really nothing here that can help?” The disciples did that: they saw 5000 hungry people, and only five loaves and two fishes to feed them. They told the Savior, “What are…
Last week, my family and I were on vacation and did not have good enough service to post anything. I apologize for the absence! But we had a wonderful time of family fellowship, and enjoyed seeing some wonderful sights of God’s glorious creation. Here is this weeks’ version of “Monday Minutes.” Enjoy! Lately, I have…
It’s been said that the definition of a “big preacher” is a “little preacher who is 100 miles or more away from home.” Sometimes, we dismiss that with which we are most familiar. In this sermon, Pastor Chris McCool shares with us what happens when Jesus takes His ministry to His hometown. Unfortunately, their familiarity…
All of us have experienced sorrow and loss. When my father died on January 1, 2020, my brother and I wept and felt the loss keenly. But our grief was not despair – we don’t grieve as those who have no hope! This article by Elder Buddy Abernathy demonstrates from scripture how we can find…
Have you ever experienced a tragedy or loss, and felt like Jesus got there too late? Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue, who came to Jesus with the urgent news that his little daughter was dying. Before Jesus and Jairus could get there, a woman with an issue of blood touched Him and was…
