People often ask me, “Pastor, what’s going on in the world today? What’s the biggest issue we face?” I have many answers, and each contains the same overarching word—pressure. Family pressure. Time ...
When Henry Millstein moved to town in July so his wife, the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Irelan, could take over as pastor at Eureka First United Methodist Church, Humboldt County gained a new author. Millstein — ...
"Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep ...
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... I read an article that jolted me to the core. It said that 46% of Christians who read books read only fiction. That is a whole group of ...
As the Church continues to walk through Ordinary Time, she presents the call and the struggles of following the way of God. Case in point, this weekend in the Bible Readings from Mass, we hear the ...
Wet sifting brings us closer than ever to the world of Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Hezekiah. The closest I’ve ever felt to the prophet Jeremiah was sitting at the bottom of an empty cistern. About 20 years ...
Archaeologists have unearthed proof of another Biblical story at Jerusalem's ancient City of David, this time corroborating the Book of Jeremiah. A completely intact seal impression, or "bula", ...
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is a member of my denomination, the United Church of Christ, and it has been something of a challenge for me to figure out how to respond to statements attributed to him in ...