Category: Pastors Corner

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://tisgrace.org/2013/06/03/considering-our-church-name/"></div>Most people can say what their names mean and why their parents gave it to them. A name says something about a person, place, or thing.

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://tisgrace.org/2013/04/29/in-full-bloom-and-its-about-time/"></div>  It’s about time….for growing. Spring has busted out all over. It’s warm. We knew that Spring had to come….eventually. Now that it is here, God’s

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://tisgrace.org/2013/03/04/songs-of-holy-week/"></div>This year Holy Week is the last week in March. This is the holiest week of the Christian year due to the Triduum, a Latin term

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://tisgrace.org/2013/02/04/drinking-deeply-from-the-psalms/"></div>Lent is Upon Us Every year at this time the church enters the season of Lent. Lent is the six weeks before Easter, its name refers

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://tisgrace.org/2012/12/30/auld-lang-syne-and-new-things/"></div>The classic song we sing each New Year’s Eve is from the Scottish Poet Robert Burns. Auld Lang Syne translated directly means “Old Long Since”, but

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://tisgrace.org/2012/12/03/tidings-of-comfort-and-joy/"></div>We often lament the lack of positive stories in the media. The news commonly vacillates between the poles of depressing and trivial: international strife, economic tensions,

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://tisgrace.org/2012/11/06/thanksgiving-and-all-that-jazz/"></div>Anyone who has stopped by the church on a given Tuesday evening has been treated to beautiful sounds of music emanating from our sanctuary: lively horns

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://tisgrace.org/2012/10/02/are-you-rich-or-poor/"></div>In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://tisgrace.org/2012/09/04/theme-and-variations-in-the-book-of-acts/"></div>When watching a really good Jazz ensemble, my favorite part is at the end when often times each member of the combo takes turns playing lead.

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://tisgrace.org/2012/08/01/some-thoughts-about-sanctuary-seating/"></div>Once when worshipping at a church in Germany my wife and I were distracted by how uncomfortable the pews were. In talking to our guide afterword,