Author Archives: Intentional Faith

In case you didn’t wear your green this morning!

When things go bad, what do you chalk it up to?  Bad luck?  Satan’s attacks?  Do you ever chalk it up to God?  The book of Job gives us an insight to the spiritual world we would not have otherwise.  Here we find Satan engaged in a struggle with God and Job is the centerpiece.Continue reading “Chalk It Up”

I use it all the time at the graveside.  "The Lord has given.  The Lord has taken away.  Blessed be the name of the Lord."  Job 1:21  I used it this past week.  It is an odd sounding statement.  It speaks of the blessings that the Lord gives to us and then the apparent decisionContinue reading “Blessed be the Name of the Lord”

It is being sounded from every station and rooftop.  The dollar is slipping.  Foreclosures abound and gas prices are soaring.  Few are those who are not feeling the pinch.  The president will try to reassure everyone this morning while gold hits an all-time high.  What a way to begin the morning. So I thought itContinue reading “It’s The Economy Stupid”

Took a day with Marcia today.  Been too long since we had done that.  Began with a breakfast at Lurton’s in Commiskey.  An experience in its own right.  Food was good and interesting to watch the people who were there.  A collection of blue collar and back country with a young couple thrown in.  FriendlyContinue reading “Into the Wild”

"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain."  Philippians 1:21 I go in a few moments to conduct the funeral service for Sam Hotchkiss.  He was a kind man and good Christian.  His passing reminds me of a missionary’s son named Matthew Huffman. Matthew hadn’t reached his tenth birthday when heContinue reading “Reaching for God”

"Naked I came from my mother’s womb and naked I will depart."  Job 1:21 If ever there was a summary statement about life, that is one of them.  It is not comfortable statement but it is revealing in more ways than one.  The ancient man lays bare the secret of surviving life’s terrible tragedies andContinue reading “Naked”

While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said, "Your sons and daughters were feasting…when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house.  It collapsed on them and they are dead… Job 1:18,19 Job never knew what we know now.  We got a sneak peekContinue reading “No Explanation Given”

With the level 2 snow emergency, we will have only one service tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.  No first service or Sunday School.  Please advise everyone you know.  Do not put yourself at risk.  If you live off the beaten path, use your common sense.  Also, don’t forget that we lose an hour of sleep tonight. Continue reading “It’s Official”

Good morning on a very wintry day.  With the time change and road conditions, we may alter church times tomorrow but will still have church.  I will check with police and elders before any decision is made.  Weather doesn’t pay much attention to schedules. "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied. "Have you notContinue reading “Good for Nothing”