Category: From The Desk of Pastor Gene

Community Are you lonely even in a crowd? Even though we have smart phones, world-wide internet access and various social media platforms where we can interact and communicate with people, loneliness among Americans seems to get worse not better. What we’ve discovered is a social media “friend” doesn’t guarantee friendship. The General Social Survey found that the...

Availability Cheri and I were able to spend the weekend with family. We had family visiting from Ohio, and we all got together with our sons and their family in Omaha. You might say it was a small family reunion. Some of us even went to the Buckeye vs. Husker game and that was an...

Plugged In and Powered Up   A couple of weeks ago my wife called and said, “my computer is completely dead. It has a black screen and it won’t power up.”  At that point I thought to myself as I rolled my eyes, “oh great another unplanned expense. Fabulous!”  And then I said, “make sure...

Too Much Have you ever wondered about the implications of having too much? On the other end of the spectrum, most of us have had moments of anxiousness and often overcompensate to prevent having too little. My grandparents and a great grandmother, all I got to know intimately, had at least one thing in common. They...

Knowing and Living Your Identity   A couple of weeks ago Cheri and I had the privilege of viewing the movie, “Overcomer.”  The same Kendrick Brothers that made movies like “Facing the Giants,” “Fireproof,” “Courageous” and “War Room” also created this movie. If you haven’t watched the movie, I highly recommend it as a must-see movie. I don’t...

As we study ancient Greek mythology, we discover that there were many Greek gods and goddesses but the most important were the twelve Olympians, namely: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Ares, Apollo, Hermes, Dionysus, Artemis, Hera, Aphrodite, Athena and Demeter. If you think 12 gods is awkward, try understanding Hinduism claiming 33 million gods. Although, the list of polytheistic...

Did you ever wake up early in the morning thinking about the strangest thing?  Well, I woke up on Sunday morning thinking about hollow trees.  How is it even possible to wake up at 4:30 am thinking about such a thing I asked myself? After all, I have to preach 2 times on Sunday morning,...

Do you have good posture? Well, before you answer that question, we should define posture. According to the dictionary, “Posture:  Noun.  The position of the body in movement or at rest.” Actually, believe it or not, your posture is critical. In can be good or bad. According to the American Chiropractic Association, “Good posture helps...

I remember the day that every school classroom had a chalkboard.  If you can remember, the erasers were often full of dusty chalk and filled the air with a white cloud.  For that matter, even when you wiped the chalkboard with the eraser, it always left a chalky residue.  I even remember sneezing a few...