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Exceedingly, Abundantly More
2020/2021 have been strange and heartbreaking ministry years for obvious reasons but for the McKays, another of the most difficult transitions has been all three of the boys moving out in one year’s time. Elijah finished school in April, 2020 and relocated to Austin, TX, just as the pandemic was hitting full stride. Sawyer married in December 2020 and Sam moved out in February, 2021. Sydney is in college and still home with us and is living her best life. She says Luke and I are super needy now that she is the only child around to give us any attention and I do not dispute it. I miss my…
Thoughts on Colossians: Divine Intervention
Note: As mentioned in previous posts, our church’s women’s ministry just completed a study on Colossians that is still very fresh in my notebook and bouncing around the walls of my heart and head. For posterity, I’m sharing some thoughts…
The Genesis of “Colossians: Seeking Things Above”
Recently I mentioned my church’s women’s ministry completed a homegrown Bible study that has been one of the most personally and corporately fulfilling seasons of ministry in all the sixteen years of serving our beloved congregation. The six-week study on…
The Day of Small Things
“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb…