Parson's Porch

Mark Zimmerly is a seasoned preacher who throughout the year provides his congregation with scholarly, yet practical, insight into the text from which he has chosen to preach. Good Intentions is a...

ON DECEMBER 28, 2012, BARBARA AND I celebrated our 50th year of marriage. Most of our friends would ask her, "Barbara, how did you put up with him all those years?" Admittedly, it has not been easy...

Joe and Bertha McKeever are acquainted with grief. Grief 101 is their gift to others who have faced the death of someone loved. Thirteen months after Margaret died and twenty-one months after Gary...

For many people the idea of small town urban life existed only behind the screens of television as millions watched the fictitious comedic affairs of the small-town characters from "Mayberry, "on a...

At the heart of nature haiku is a deep feeling of beauty. The wish to live and experience this beauty and wonder is visible in all living entities. In sharing this beauty, we experience...

A friend said, "Preachers who write books are on ego trips." He had my undivided attention."The smartest pastor I ever knew,"he said, "never wrote a book. When someoneasked why, he said, 'There's no...

Hidden Grace: Growing through Loss and Grief offers a hopeful model of bereavement for persons experiencing painful losses. Rather than viewing this universal human experience as an illness to be...

High AchieverAuthor: Dory SmithPublisher: Parson's PorchPublication Date: Nov 01, 2020Number of Pages: 94 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 195147273XISBN-13: 9781951472733

These sermons were culled from the hundreds of sermons I preached over a fifteen-year period at the two churches I have most recently served: First Presbyterian Church in Bellevue, Nebraska, and...

God is the final judge of both good and evil in the universe. The earthly ministry of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels was somewhat a parallel.Author: William Allen PoePublisher: Parson's...

Bruce Epperly's Holy Adventure brings to the task of lay Christian formation a balance of spiritual depth and intellectual honesty that is, quite frankly, difficult to find among today's Christian...

Pursue your Original Goal at Whatever CostGenesis 29:21-28: Philippians 4:13 Jacob loved Rachel from the beginning, and he was prepared to do everything to get her. He would not allow any obstacle to...

Hope and the Approaching Apocalypse is a book that certainly gets one's attention. William Clark does much more than presenting an apocalyptic belief based on prophecy and science. He weaves the...

Do faith and science prove or indicate that there is something to all of the attention surrounding the apocalyptic clamor? I'm sure that many of us are wondering why so many people are obsessed with...

Hope MattersAuthor: Andrew Taylor-TroutmanPublisher: Parson's PorchPublication Date: May 01, 2021Number of Pages: 120 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1951472977ISBN-13: 9781951472979

Just about every single day since being ordained as a pastor, I have felt like Admiral James Stockdale at the 1992 Vice-Presidential debate, when he said: "Who am I? What am I doing here?" Being a...

I Believe in God: Sermons from The Apostles' CreedAuthor: Stuart D RobertsonPublisher: Parson's PorchPublication Date: October 01, 2019Number of Pages: 198 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Today's passage describes the events of the eighth day of Jesus' life. We see the observance of tradition by His parents, the patience of a devoted servant, and the praise of a godly, elderly woman...

Author: Jane JoycePublisher: Parson's PorchPublication Date: February 05, 2021Number of Pages: 188 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 195147287XISBN-13: 9781951472870

The collegium of preachers to which Steve Montgomery and I belong now has it plate exceedingly full of expectation, demand, and responsibility. That plate is full because we now live in a culture of...

These sermons follow much of the Christian year, seeking to speak to the ways Jesus and the Scriptures challenge and guide our living of these days.Author: William B. WadePublisher: Parson's...

Longsuffering. We're not good at it, are we? We usually know what we want, and we want it now. Not tomorrow, not the next day, not sometime in the future. NOW, in screaming immediacy. My wife Gloria...

Interdependent GriefGod never intended for us to suffer grief by ourselves. He created us to care for and support others in their time of need, and to allow others to care for and support us in our...

It was just an ordinary day of a grandmother helping a grandchild clean her room. I was in Birmingham visiting my son's family and my granddaughter, Peyton, wanted (well, maybe she was encouraged) to...

My spiritual life has evolved into a poetic journey into nature'sbeauty and wonder.My biblical naturepoetry is a call for an adventure that embraces change and evolution; and sees kindnessas a...

The Jews of the New Testament had undergone leadership changes and challenges for thousands of years before Jesus was born, and one of the problems Jesus faced in His ministry was that not all Jews...

"Lynn Milner's writing is food for the heart. By reflecting on scripture and testifying of her experiences, Lynn encourages believers to accept the realities of life and obediently follow God's...

Walking helps! Walking is therapy for me. When I walk I think; I sort; I get in touch with my anger; I relive my pain as a way of coming to terms with it; I process. I do some of my best thinking...

Author: James E. McreynoldsPublisher: Parson'S PorchPublication Date: Feb 01, 2022Number of Pages: 156 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1955581436ISBN-13: 9781955581431

Joy Comes in the MourningAuthor: James E. McReynoldsPublisher: Parson's PorchPublication Date: Feb 01, 2020Number of Pages: 126 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1951472373ISBN-13:...