by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 29, 2026 | Weekly Words
On Sunday, there was a repeated theme, not in the sermon, but in some of the other aspects of our liturgy. Pastor Andrew used Psalm 33 for our pastoral prayer. We had a reading from Psalm 46. We sang a song based on Psalm 40. A different pewrson picked each of these...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 28, 2026 | Weekly Words
At our church meeting, we addressed the current feeling of instability in the world around us and how we plan to address it as a church. This was what was said at the meeting: One of the common conversations that we had in our elder meetings over the last year was...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Oct 21, 2025 | Weekly Words
This is the third post in a series on responding to the cultural moment. The first post outlined the issue and looked at what we are doing when we gather on Sundays. The second post was looking at the role of preaching in this. Today we will look at the work of...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Oct 21, 2025 | Weekly Words
Yesterday, I started a blog series that came from a talk I gave at our church meeting. This is/was to provide background on how we interacted with current events at our Sunday service. What are we doing when we are preaching? The act of preaching is to deliver the...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Oct 21, 2025 | Weekly Words
We had a church family meeting after second service on Sunday. Before we celebrated God’s blessings on us and installed nine new member families, I spoke on how our church deals with major events in the culture around us. For those who could not be there, I felt...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Oct 8, 2025 | Weekly Words
Technology creates its own imperatives, and, at the same time, creates a wide-ranging social system to reinforce its imperatives. | Neil Postman, Technopoly I am not a Luddite, though I have been accused of it. But no one would mistake me for being an early adopter,...
