Pastor’s Blog

In 2006, Steve Sheely was approached by the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and asked to write a column as part of their FaithMatters series.  80 columns later, Steve is still writing these columns.

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The Box from Nashville

As I post my columns from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette we have reached February 2010. I hear a lot of funny stories about pastors.  Like those hilarious baptism...

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Ramah’s Voice

Ramah’s Voice

The older I get the more I move from frenetic, yet sleepy-faced kids in footsie pajamas tearing into packages to lonely people waiting desperately for December 26th. ...

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Losing Control

I wrote this in October 2009.  In hindsight, I should have put more emphasis on the significance of worshiping within God’s creation – especially in light of what the...

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Tap, Snap or Nap?

August 2009:  This is one of my favorite columns (perhaps because I felt like a real journalist). The feedback I received was interesting – apparently quite a few men...

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Who’s Side is He On?

This was published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette the week of Independence Day in 2009.  In my neck of the woods, asking questions about patriotism in church is like...

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