I toyed with the idea of blogging about the Higgs Boson and its implications both theologically and philosophically, but then something happened last night. My wife, daughter, future son in law and grandson and I all went to a local fireworks show. It is the same one that all of us, plus my other daughter (my grandson's mother) and son in law went to last year. My grandson has been talking about fireworks ever since. So we fully expected that it would be a terrific time. And it was. But something happened that none of us expected. My grandson sat down on his mini-folding chair and was ready for the fireworks to start. And they did. But they were loud! And close overhead! And he got - shall we say, concerned? So concerned that he jumped into my arms and squeezed my neck tightly, and stayed there, or with his Mimi or Aunt Yaya for the entire rest of the show! Of course the idea of holding my grandson tight for that time was an unexpected pleasure. And, he never cried or complained. He even watched the fireworks in the reflections in the windows of the cars behind us. But he would not look up or let us go. And it reminded me of the Father's love for us. We are so concerned to be "mature" and deal with life as it comes. And that is probably is the right way to live. But sometimes the sounds "bump in our ears" (his words) too loudly and the spectacle is just too close for comfort. So all we want to do is run into His arms. Well, do it! I have a feeling that He loves it more than we know. God bless you and have a great day! Pastor Ken

Politics and Prayer

Wow! It has already been another month. Oh well, for the few of you who follow this, perhaps a rare post is preferred anyway! I have been thinking about several things lately. But what is uppermost in my mind is this: Are we too satisfied, and if not, what are we dissatisfied about? What I mean is this. There are a lot of things happening in our culture right now - things which we all know breaks the heart of God. But it seems to me that we can settle for being upset about cultural change without realizing that the only answer to all of this is a radical new great awakening in our country. As long as we focus on the external, cultural aspects, we will do two things. First, we will try to change outward behavior rather than inward character - the very definition of Pharisaism. And friends, I do not want to be a Pharisee! Jesus had more to say condemning them than any other group in his day. And that is because of the second thing such a focus leads to - we end up seeing what others are doing wrong and miss entirely what is wrong in our own hearts. We all know the statistics - divorces are at least as common in the church as outside and perhaps even abortions. Pre-marital sex, gossip, the list goes on and on. What we truly need to to see both ourselves and this world as God sees it, and to admit that the only answer is to be found on our knees, not at the ballot box. Is it time to stop screaming and start praying? Well, I don't know about the first part, but I know we must get on our knees now! Trying to change our society from the outside in will only result in anger and perhaps, eventually, persecution. Allowing God to change us - starting with me and the church - from the inside out will result in revival in the church and a great awakening without. Those of you who know me well know just how political I am and can be. I can't promise that I will stop being that way. But I do know I need to pray more and speak less! So pray for me. And pray for our country.

Pastor Ken

What the Bible says about sex

I was going to blog about something else this week, but I found this article on FoxNews.com too interesting. What do you think about it? http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/01/03/what-bible-really-says-about-sex/?test=faces.

Pastor Ken