I remember when I was growing up, during lunch recess we would often play football outside the school. We would eat lunch as quickly as we could so we could get outside with as much time left in the lunch period as possible to get in a game of touch football. While most of the rules in the game were pretty easily agreed upon from the outset, there was one rule that never seemed to have any consistency – calling a “do-over.”
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Forgiveness and Productive Anger
I have really enjoyed our Lent Dinner Series this year. Pastor Tom and I are focusing on the Lord’s Prayer as found in the Gospel of Matthew for the 2022 teaching topic.
A Family Restored
If we were really honest with ourselves, we all know we should be spending more time in God’s word, right?
Forgiveness Is Nonsense by Rev. Tom Parkinson
“I forgive you.” Those three words, followed by a long embrace, captivated the entire nation earlier this month. Amber Guyger, a 31-year-old white police officer, had just been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of Botham Jean, a 27-year-old black man. Outside, scores of protestors cried foul, angry that the sentence wasContinue reading “Forgiveness Is Nonsense by Rev. Tom Parkinson”