Author: CCGC

“Have you noticed my servant Job?” (Job 1:8) 5…4…3…2…1… Happy New Year! (and the world cheers in unison) “Good riddance, 2020!” It was a year like no other. But it didn’t start that way. This time last year, people were recovering from late night overindulgences after celebrating in large groups, with no face masks. Just...

“Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la, la la la la!” Oh, sorry! I’m just excited for this time of year! I hope you all feel that way too. To say that this past year has been challenging and exasperating would be an understatement. It is certainly unlike any year...

I’ve been reading through the Gospel of Luke this month, a chapter a day. I’m supposed to be on chapter 17 today, but I got stuck in chapter 8 for a week because the Lord was speaking too much for me to rush through it for the purpose of staying on a schedule. The section...

Speaking with God I have always strived as a parent and a teacher to encourage both my children and students to come to me with any questions they may have. In both instances, I have found that when times of wavering thoughts arise, it is always better to ask a question than to sit with...

Few things are more frustrating around the holidays than needing to go through Deptford near the shopping district. On any given weekend it’s chaotic at best to drive into the bottle necked roads that lead to the areas shopping mecca. Go ahead, try and plan your trip out…add in the variables and a deep breath....

“that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him” (Ephesians 1:17) Everyone has faith in something. And that belief shapes the way we live.  According to a spiritual gifts survey, my highest rank was faith. Why, then, can prayer...

Most of us are familiar with the story of Jonah. The story goes beyond this, but this is where y devotional thought is hanging out in the story – Jonah was a minor prophet in Joppa that God called to Nineveh. Nineveh was a wicked, dangerous place about 550 miles from Joppa in need of...

I tend to make a joke at times about having five children, although in reality it is not always a joke. With each child, I have become a little better with how I parent; now that we are prayerfully down to the last one, I think God has really helped me hone in on my...

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. – Galatians 5:1 We’ve heard it said, by our own pastor and others, that in order for us to turn from something, we have to be turning towards something else. The beauty of the Gospel...

The personally offended, the socially rejected, the spiritually crippled, the Rodney Dangerfield’s of the church. I know you are out there. I’ve seen you. I’ve talked with you. I’ve heard your saddened monotone mumbled singing during Praise and Worship. I’ve seen you eyeing the clock during the pastor’s sermon. (Alas, I fear the roast may...