Blog: November 2016

What are we doing when we “commission” our newly-called ministers?  Good question—let’s think about it.  This morning we’re focusing attention on the Lord’s calling of Pete Manni and DJ Cronrath to serve and lead here in the Goshen church family. We do this to slow down.  The pace of church activity at Goshen can get pretty swift—with all the great GBP-M2M-EG-AB-YG-YA-SSC-UBBC-etc. stuff going on (did you get all those acronyms?), and with all that goes into the administrative prep for such good works, it’s easy to just fly through week ...

Politics has been in the news, and it’s vital that we pay attention to the world where God has put us and pray for those in authority (1 Tim­othy 2:1-2).  But it would be a great mistake to think our life of faith as followers of Jesus mostly has to do with how we engage with the shifting political sands of our increasingly secular society. Better to give first allegiance to our eternal Commander-in-Chief, Jesus Christ.  And better to step back and see this life for what it is—a temporary passage as we journey home to heaven.  As we travel, ...