by Steve Sheely | Dec 25, 2021 | Pastors Blog
This was published on Christmas day. How many people read the newspaper on Christmas day? We jump into Christmas with both feet. I suppose when you begin holiday traditions you are bound to them forever – or at least until the kids leave home. “Dad, when are you...
by Steve Sheely | Nov 17, 2021 | Pastors Blog
Pastor Appreciation Month is celebrated each October. On our Workday on October 30th Marla and I were given a basket of wonderful presents. Thank you, dear church, for your thoughtfulness and generosity! We love you and consider ourselves so fortunate to have spent...
by Steve Sheely | Oct 9, 2021 | Pastors Blog
Every community in our nation should have places like this. Can you member the last time you moved into a new apartment? There’s a little more to it than finding a strong friend with a pick-up in exchange for pizza and beer. It’s an expensive process: Utility hook-ups...
by Steve Sheely | Aug 8, 2021 | Pastors Blog
This is my column in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Saturday, August 7, 2021. I discuss the issue of Christians not getting a COVID vaccination. The pandemic has had a surprising side effect. It is an x-ray. COVID-19 has illuminated our culture like a...
by Steve Sheely | Jul 28, 2021 | Pastors Blog
On Monday a church member called me because her daughter has a problem: she has rescued dozens of animals and needs to cut hay for them. But the hay cutter arrived unassembled. So I arrive with my toolbox and get to to work. You never know what this job will bring...
by Steve Sheely | May 9, 2021 | Pastors Blog
The over-spiritualization of the Song of Songs is theological body-shaming. In the last twelve years, I have written these columns about marijuana, mixed martial arts and my monastic adventures. But my 2019 column about pornography got the most attention. Sex sells....
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