[NOTE: Today's  post continues our Thursday hymn reflections, which are simple thoughts on songs suggested by our readers. If you would like to add your favorites--no more than three--to our list, please leave a comment. We'll get to it eventually!] This hymn, usually containing three verses, is part of a longer poem by Maltie Babcock. [...]

Resolutions. Goals. Points of Emphasis. Your congregation does have them, right? Sadly, many congregations do not. I’m thankful that Lebanon Road’s elders do have goals. I can’t share all of them yet, but I can share one. Our elders want to make the goals more well-known! Since many are thinking of personal resolutions, I thought [...]

Sorry to disappoint, but I’m not typing this on Christmas. I typed this Wednesday and set it to publish today. We hope you are having a wonderful Christmas, and we hope you are able to spend quality time with family and friends. On to the links for this week: 1. On Wednesday nights, I am [...]

[NOTE: This post continues our Thursday Hymn Reflections. If you would like to suggest a song for this series, please leave a comment. We still have over 30 songs lined up for this series at this time, but we will try to do them all!] My first reflection on this hymn has always been its [...]

Our shopping is done (thankfully). I don’t mind shopping some for Christmas (and, yes, I buy or at least help with more than just Leah’s present), but day after day of it gets old. I was thinking recently about what we can do for our kids as they get older. There is nothing wrong with [...]