Tuesday Notes

I’ve been thinking a lot this week of how often I have found myself in the Jonah story as we’ve worked our way through the book on Sunday mornings this...

In chapter four of the Old Testament book of Jonah, the prophet and God are having an argument. Maybe you have had an argument with God at some point in...

Jonah is one of the least read books in the Bible. (At least according to handy analysis of what people access electronically.) I was quite surprised to see this. Surprised...

In Student Ministry, the work of molding and then sending is ever present. We consistently open our doors and arms to new young people. Opening the doors is done with...

On Sunday morning at First Pres we continued in our spring sermon series entitled Commissioned: The Reluctant Missionary. Jonah was a man of faith who wrestled mightily with obeying God....

On Sunday morning at First Pres we continued in our spring sermon series entitled Commissioned: The Reluctant Missionary. As we watched the prophet Jonah in action it was easy to...

On Sunday morning at First Pres we began a new sermon series studying the Old Testament book of Jonah. In addition to getting all of the fish puns out of...

It is not often that a pastor connects the resurrection of the Lord Jesus to the movie Talladega Nights, but buckle up, ‘cause it’s about to happen.  The colloquial expression,...

I loved the contributions of the children to the worship celebration this past Sunday morning. As we remembered together the “Triumphal Entry” of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem at the beginning...

The Presbyterian Church has some funny terms. From time-to-time I am still learning new ones. When I came to First Pres Glen Ellyn 7 years ago, I learned what a...