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Speaking Your Language

This week, I came across an article celebrating that for the first time ever, the New Testament had been fully translated into a language; for the first time ever, a people would be able to read the New Testament in their native language. In 2026. It was only in 1875 that Christian missionaries first encountered…

A Sign of the Times

If you’ve driven by the church facility in the past couple weeks, you may have noticed I’m not being welcomed anymore — by which I mean the sign no longer says “Welcome Pastor Michael Strickland!” In truth, I had assumed someone was in charge of the sign and would change it, but it turned out…

Finding the Quiet Within

One of those things that my siblings and I joke about quite often is that when we were growing up, we never had toys that made noise — mechanical or battery-powered. Or actually — the truth of the matter — we never had toys that made noise… and that still made noise after a month or two. Somehow, mysteriously, the…