Reflections by Jeremy Alger
“This is not a salvation issue…” I have said that a number of times in sermons. When I speak about something that scripture seems to be calling us to but it is not something as cut and dry as sin. There is a way of…
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Reflections by Jeremy Alger
I recently read “Didn’t See It Coming” by Carey Neiuwhof. It is about his experience with burnout as the pastor of a large church and how to overcome and/or avoid that common pastoral problem. Of course none or at least almost none of you are…
Reflections with Jeremy Alger
We are living in unusual times. There are psychological effects that this pandemic is having on most or all of us that we don’t really have the prior experience to know how to navigate. Many of us are depressed. Many of us are feeling lonely.…
Reflections by Jeremy Alger
Here we are at the start of 2021. I think we are all ready for a new year! I read something from Abraham Lincoln that spoke to something that has been on my mind for a few months and I think this is the perfect…
Reflections by Jeremy Alger
I wrote last week about a post-it note that was on my desk. When I came to this church there was a whole stack of those yellow notes in the desk and I have grown a habit of writing thoughts, quotes, and reminders down and…
Reflections by Jeremy Alger
I’ve been dishing out the same bit of wisdom for a few weeks now. It is a quote that I heard and instantly recognized as valuable. So I wrote it on a post-it note and stuck it on my desk. Less than ten minutes later…
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I love Christmas! So many things about the spirit and the traditions bless my soul every year! There is no greater thing that has ever happened to this earth than that unlikely birth in that busy animals’ stall. Our Savior was born as a vulnerable…
Reflections by Jeremy Alger
Some people dig into Scripture voraciously. They are finding the definitions of words and looking at the Greek text and the Hebrew text that the original authors wrote. They are chasing down every footnote. They are learning to recognize patterns and they are gaining a…
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Jeremy Alger My best friend in college was a guy named Mark. He was the best man in my wedding. We used to do this thing where one of us would say, “The world tears us down…” and the other one of us would say…