by Steve Sheely | Dec 8, 2013 | Pastors Blog
What I do not miss is going home after the midnight Christmas Eve candlelight service only to assemble a bicycle or go-cart. What I do miss are the exclamations of delight only a freshly unwrapped toy can bring. Sometimes I am an oaf. Last month a friend was talking...
by Steve Sheely | Oct 8, 2013 | Pastors Blog
This was an exercise in communication. Expressing the scope of the gospel in modern language without Bible-words is difficult but necessary…for preachers and other folks too. Do you know that there is nothing you can do to make God love you any more than he does right...
by Steve Sheely | Aug 8, 2013 | Pastors Blog
The balanced life is elusive. I suppose it is a lifelong effort. When you figure it out let me know. For over 30 years if you came to our church when it was raining you got wet. For the last several years if you played on our playground you got splinters. But recently...
by Steve Sheely | Jul 8, 2013 | Pastors Blog
That I had followed Christ without appreciating the service and sacrifice of monks and nuns was a disadvantage. I am grateful for the example and hospitality of these amazing people. Last year at this time I was living at Mount Michael Abby in Elkhorn, Nebraska. The...
by Steve Sheely | Apr 8, 2013 | Grieving Parents Support, Pastors Blog
I learned recently that this is one of the columns read periodically by another grief and loss group in town. Like meeting with grieving parents, that I could be a resource for these amazing people is hard to believe. (May 2013) When I was a boy, my friend Mike and I...
by Steve Sheely | Mar 8, 2013 | Pastors Blog
What is most difficult about befriending the mentally-ill who are homeless is suddenly never seeing them again. I keep a litany of faces and names that remain in my prayers. Friends, I hope all is well. Another almost-a-snow-day. In a house with three young boys,...
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