by Steve Sheely | Jan 11, 2010 | Grieving Parents Support, Pastors Blog, Worldwide Candlelight Service
The older I get the more I move from frenetic, yet sleepy-faced kids in footsie pajamas tearing into packages to lonely people waiting desperately for December 26th. From Epiphany 2010. It was December 1984. My first year at seminary. I had already developed the...
by Steve Sheely | Nov 3, 2009 | Pastors Blog
Back in November 2009 this was simply an effort to turn what had become a political issue into a compassion issue. So you’re on the Titanic resting in your first-class cabin. The alarm bells ring. The ‘unsinkable’ luxury liner is taking on water. There are not enough...
by Steve Sheely | Oct 3, 2009 | Pastors Blog
I wrote this in October 2009. In hindsight, I should have put more emphasis on the significance of worshiping within God’s creation – especially in light of what the Western church has morphed into. But then I worry that there are already too few voices standing up...
by Steve Sheely | Aug 12, 2009 | Pastors Blog
August 2009: This is one of my favorite columns (perhaps because I felt like a real journalist). The feedback I received was interesting – apparently quite a few men want a Christian context for smashing someone’s face. I watched a lot of television as a child....
by Steve Sheely | Jul 30, 2009 | Pastors Blog
This was published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette the week of Independence Day in 2009. In my neck of the woods, asking questions about patriotism in church is like asking “Why is the sky blue?” “Because it is!” But I understand the confusion – especially in light...
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