by Aaron McCollough | Jul 30, 2015 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
I heard a story about a banker who continually told folks, “Given the right set of circumstances, everybody will cheat and lie – everybody.” And I also heard about a pastor who was continually telling his male pastoral staff, “You’ve got to watch the women in...
by Aaron McCollough | Jul 30, 2015 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
The moments, circumstances, situations, and even people we encounter and experience in life are much like a set of Legos. They come in all different sizes, shapes, and colors. And each has its own function. They also come in a box with a pretty picture on the...
by Aaron McCollough | Jul 16, 2015 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
In her book: A Cup of Sun: A Book of Poems, Joan Walsh Anglund said, “A bird doesn’t sing because he has an answer – he sings because he has a song.” What a truth! And what an important reminder for us! There’s an ill-wind blowing in America today like I...
by Aaron McCollough | Jul 9, 2015 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
“Sometimes I feel like sunshine must – shining on everything else that it never was.” Laurie Beth Jones. It is “Human” Nature for us to want our accomplishments to be in the spotlight of the show of life. It is “Christian” Nature for us to place the...
by Aaron McCollough | Jul 2, 2015 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
There is nobody more opposed to “Gay Marriage” than me. I believe it tears at the very core of the Biblical and moral fabric upon which my Conservative Christian values and beliefs are based. I further believe that it tears apart the Biblical and...
