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A Meal That Moves You to Worship
If the best meal on earth is meant to drive us to worship, why would the Lord’s Supper be any different?
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Disability in the Church - “To and With” Ministry
The church should minister to and with people impacted by disabilities.
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Thankful to be Part of the OPC
One of the things I love about the OPC is its commitment to getting the Bible right, and keeping Jesus Christ and him crucified at the middle of everything.
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Building Towards a Bountiful Harvest
Over the past several months, the facility expansion committee has been meeting for the purpose of planning our fundraising efforts, organizing our pledge campaign, and preparing marketing materials to clearly communicate the plan and vision for our building project.
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For Necessity is Laid Upon Me
What the good news of Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection created in Paul the Apostle was not primarily intellectual fascination or emotional enchantment, it was a sense of immense urgency.
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Make Your Pastor Happy
Hebrews 13 suggests that churches ought to care for the joy—the happiness—of their pastor. Why? Because a miserable pastor—a pastor who never knows the winds of encouragement in his sails but only the headwinds of opposition at his face—is rarely an effective one.
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Harvest’s Church Plant: River Presbyterian Church
Our goal is to see a healthy, Reformed church established in Northwest Grand Rapids that is committed to seeing disciples of Jesus made and matured as God’s Word is prayerfully applied to the lives of people.
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A Season of Transition
As I was meditating on Psalm 34 this past week, it struck me that, like so many of the Davidic psalms, it was written during a season of transition.
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Lessons Learned in Thailand
I arrived safely home from Thailand on Tuesday night and am working through jet lag. It was a great trip and I’m so thankful for the opportunity to go. It was engaging in ways I expected it would be – and transformative in ways I didn’t.
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Nov 14
2025
A Meal That Moves You to Worship
If the best meal on earth is meant to drive us to worship, why would the Lord’s Supper be any different?
The church should minister to and with people impacted by disabilities.
Aug 7
2025
Thankful to be Part of the OPC
One of the things I love about the OPC is its commitment to getting the Bible right, and keeping Jesus Christ and him crucified at the middle of everything.
Aug 1
2025
Building Towards a Bountiful Harvest
Over the past several months, the facility expansion committee has been meeting for the purpose of planning our fundraising efforts, organizing our pledge campaign, and preparing marketing materials to clearly communicate the plan and vision for our building project.
Jul 25
2025
For Necessity is Laid Upon Me
What the good news of Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection created in Paul the Apostle was not primarily intellectual fascination or emotional enchantment, it was a sense of immense urgency.
Jul 18
2025
Make Your Pastor Happy
Hebrews 13 suggests that churches ought to care for the joy—the happiness—of their pastor.
Why? Because a miserable pastor—a pastor who never knows the winds of encouragement in his sails but only the headwinds of opposition at his face—is rarely an effective one.
Our goal is to see a healthy, Reformed church established in Northwest Grand Rapids that is committed to seeing disciples of Jesus made and matured as God’s Word is prayerfully applied to the lives of people.
May 23
2025
A Season of Transition
As I was meditating on Psalm 34 this past week, it struck me that, like so many of the Davidic psalms, it was written during a season of transition.
May 2
2025
Lessons Learned in Thailand
I arrived safely home from Thailand on Tuesday night and am working through jet lag. It was a great trip and I’m so thankful for the opportunity to go. It was engaging in ways I expected it would be – and transformative in ways I didn’t.