Recently my father-in-law, also a pastor, sent me this quote: “Wishing I’d taken better notes in Bible school when I took that elective on ‘How to pastor through a global pandemic, a recession, and another Civil Rights Movement.’” This isn’t exactly what my pastoral training prepared me for either. 2020 has already been a roller coaster of events and emotions, and not the fun kind. More like the “Oh no… This was a terrible life decision!… When will this be over?!… God, if you help me survive this, I’ll be a missionary forever!!!” kind....
Recently my father-in-law, also a pastor, sent me this quote: “Wishing I’d taken better notes in Bible school when I took that elective on ‘How to pastor through a global pandemic, a recession, and another Civil Rights Movement.’” This isn’t exactly what my pastoral training prepared me for either. 2020 has already been a roller coaster of events and emotions, ...
Keep ReadingI don’t think any of us could have imagined 2020 getting more contentious, and then it did. The killing of George Floyd has set off of powerkeg of unrest in our nation, not just on Facebook but in the streets of our city, as the rioting escalates in volume and violence. In the blink of an eye, mourning has turned to side-taking, even among and within local churches, and ...
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We often close our service with the words, “May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you,” and truly this has been my prayer for you, especially in times like these. I’ve been reflecting a lot over what God may be doing in strange days, and while certainly our sovereign God has unique intentions for this crisis for each of his precious people (only ou...
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What strange times these are. Few of us could have predicted the changes this crisis would bring to our lives, let alone to lives of others around the world. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t carrying my own measure of apprehension and broken-heartedness over the times in which we live, especially to endure them apart from the very ones we are made to weather storms be...
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“So Dr., can you help me?” Picture it with me. You are sitting in the waiting room. It’s been months now, and this cough just won’t shake. In fact, it’s driving you crazy. You can’t sleep. You can hardly climb stairs anymore, and you are sick of apologizing to everyone around you for being such a distraction. You’re anxious for an answer....
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Check out the most recent blog post from Pastor Evan: "A note from Pastor Evan, January 2019"...
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