Pastor’s Pen

Pray for the people in the path of Hurricane Florence- we are all keeping an eye on the hurricane that is scheduled to make landfall late Thursday night/early Friday. Pray for protection for those in the hurricane’s path. We don’t…

Fall is here. Kids are back to their roles as students, college football is underway, and Labor Day is behind us. The only downside for us here in middle Georgia is that we hold on to the summer temperatures for…

It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. Psalm 119:71 In my recent personal Bible reading I was reading through Psalm 119. This the longest of the psalms and the longest chapter in…

The following items were discussed and approved at Monday night’s Elders’ meeting: • Change is coming! Something will change this week in our order of worship. The Elders have decided its time to let go of our “greeting time” that…

Houston Lake Presbyterian Church is a member church of the Presbyterian Church in America, or PCA. As you might expect, I am in favor of denominations and for a number of reasons. However, I know that today there is a…

I want to encourage you to make our weekly School of Discipleship a regular part of your week. Please don’t be a “90-minute Church member” whose only church involvement is weekly worship from 10:30 to noon (actually, we’re done before…

One of the books I read over my Sabbatical and one that I now list as one of the most helpful I’ve read in some time is the book Rediscovering Humility: Why the Way Up is Down written by Christopher…

It’s great to be back in my office after 4 weeks away for my Sabbatical. I’m very grateful that the church gave me such a great blessing in the gift of time away to recharge and rejuvenate. It was restful…

I am immensely grateful to the Elders and to our church for granting me a month-long Sabbatical that starts next Monday, June 25th and runs until July 23rd. I will be out of the pulpit for four weeks. Drew Archer,…

Several things I want to share and highlight this week: • God is answering prayer for our VBS- we have gotten off to a great start with our largest VBS ever. We thank the Lord for answering our prayers for…

Vacation Bible School is NEXT WEEK. We look forward to having a great team of volunteers along with a crowd of kids here next week. Our theme this year is “Time Lab: Discovering Jesus from Eternity Past to Eternity Future.”…

The older you get, I’ve discovered, the more you have on your mind to keep you awake at night. You wake up thinking about your family, your children, your grandchildren, your job, your health, your church, your country… you get…