Tag Archives: Church

Unrushed Presence

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Joe Chambers

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. – Simone Weil After hearing me preach for the first time, Ellsworth looked down at my feet and said, “A man who isn’t afraid to wear cowboy boots in the pulpit … Continue reading →

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Prophet Sharing

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Joe Chambers

 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord. Isaih 1:18 (KJV) Not too long ago, something in the national news troubled me greatly. It was confrontation that I felt was crude, rude, and demeaning. Two men with all the … Continue reading →

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My Retirement Announcement

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Joe Chambers

I entered a relationship with Jesus I was aware of when I was seven. I can still see my tears falling into the green gold shag carpet in my preacher father’s study where I said, “The sinner’s prayer.” And I … Continue reading →

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In God We Trust

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Joe Chambers

O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth. We … Continue reading →

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Pastor, It’s Not Your Church

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Joe Chambers

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation 21:2 When I was in 4th grade, our family lived in the Wet Mountain Valley. … Continue reading →

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Restorative Love

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Joe Chambers

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. – Saint Paul Every congregation is a congregation of sinners. As if that weren’t bad enough, they all have sinners for pastors. – Eugene Peterson … Continue reading →

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Exclusion or Embrace?

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Joe Chambers

How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. – … Continue reading →

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Apples of Gold

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Joe Chambers

I am writing two blogs at the same time about how a pastor should treat their church and how a church might treat her pastor. You read the other one by clicking here. A word fitly spoken is like apples … Continue reading →

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The Priceless Bride

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Joe Chambers

I am writing two blogs at the same time about how a pastor should treat their church and how the church might treat her pastor. You read the other one by clicking here. …show her honor as a fellow heir … Continue reading →

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For Crying Out Loud!

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Joe Chambers

But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. ~ Saint Paul Often folks who come to church irritate me. You know … Continue reading →

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