Pastor’s Pen

Just some things I believe are truly worth your time and attention… • If you’re not coming to HLPC’s School of Discipleship Sundays at 9:15AM, you’re missing out on an opportunity for your own growth in grace. Tieman Slagh has…

I don’t want to minimize the hardship many people have endured and are experiencing in Florida and in our own state. Some are still without power and some in Florida suffered great damage due to Hurricane Irma. That said, I…

The news is hard to watch these days. North Korea tensions, Hurricane Harvey damage and relief needs, and now Hurricane Irma with the state of Florida potentially in its path. If that’s not enough to keep you awake at night,…

  We are all sadly aware of the flooding and devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, particularly in the city of Houston. It’s truly catastrophic and emergency services there have been pushed to the breaking point. We all need…

Monday, August 21st, was a special day for many of us. It was the day of the eclipse. Many of you made special trips to put yourselves in the path of “totality” in order to experience fully a total eclipse.…

  So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that…

Within the past couple of days the tensions between the United States and the North Korean regime of Kim Yong Un have reached new levels. It seems the North Korean dictator is intent on threatening the United States and his…

  On Monday of this week Connie and I drove north to meet friends for lunch at a restaurant at exit 221. Connie and I have known Ty and Patti Blackburn since our first days as a married couple in…

For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat…

We are in the middle of one of those home improvement projects. We are attempting to repaint our kitchen- cabinets and all. With some great help and encouragement from Kenny Rahn the work is well underway. Cabinet doors have been…

As many of you can attest, July 4th used to signal merely the midpoint, if that, of summer. The start of school in the fall seemed to fall right around Labor Day. Those days seem long gone. Schools are now…

The PCA General Assembly met in Greensboro, NC June 12-15. The General Assembly is the annual gathering of our denomination. It is during this time that decisions and actions are made that affect the PCA as a whole. Just as…