Thoughts during Lent
Lent is often considered a time of quiet reflection. But it might also be a time God uses to challenge us to consider how we live out the Gospel all year long....
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A Book Report, or Things I Read in 2021
Maybe you will be inspired to read something totally new and different this year!...
Stocking Stuffers for the Children in Your Life
Gift suggestions for kids on your list...
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Join Me for 100 Days of Dante!
Dante's Divine Comedy, beginning with Dante's Inferno, is one of those huge classics of Christian literature that many have heard of, but few have tackled, given its unwieldly nature. ...
BKC for the Glory of God
Ways God blessed our ministry to Power Source kids in Hamilton....
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Of Whom the World Was Not Worthy
The Christian East is in mourning right now, and we should join them...
Pastor Briefing: The Problem of Burnout
In an interview titled, How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, dated December 3, 2020 at vox.com, author Anne Helen Petersen talks about the pervasive problem of burnout among the millennial generation....
Journey to Easter Devotion day 7
supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter video...
Journey to Easter Day 6 devotion
supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Journey to Easter Day 5 devotion
Supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Journey to Easter Day 4 devotion
Supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Journey to Easter Day 3 devotion
Supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Journey to Easter Day 2 devotion
Supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Journey to Easter Day 1 Devotion
Supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Upon Saying Goodbye: a Look Back
As she says goodbye to her ministry at ECC, Sarah Evans reflects on what ECC has meant to her...
When a Leader Falls
How do we respond to the grievous report about Ravi Zacharias? Michael shares here a few ways we should think about this...
Family Fun
Family Ministry has been active this winter creating opportunities for those looking for a safe place to be to have fun and create memories outside of their house. ...
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Lessons the Holy Spirit Taught Me through Kirk Smith
How a loaf of blueberry bread led to eternal lessons...
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That You May Bear More Fruit
2020 was a year of pruning, but the promise of fruitfulness follows....
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Giving Thanks, But Once a Year?
“And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Colossians 3:17...
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The Long Way to Arrive Here.
Let me introduce myself by telling you how God brought me to Cincinnati. ...
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Daniel's Beasts: Politics & the Church
The issues surrounding this year's election remind me of Daniel 7, that most strange chapter in the Bible with beasts....
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Praying for My Neighbors, the sequel
Several of you let me know how you were encouraged by the blog post about praying for my neighbors. Here is an update. ...
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How to get the most out of reading your Bible.
Pastor Rich provides practical suggestions on how to get the most out of reading your Bible....
Upcoming Discipleship Opportunities
COVID-19 may be turning our normal patterns of life upside-down; but it won't stop us from growing in following Jesus. In fact, it just may help us do so more!...
Pastor Briefing: Covid-19 Weariness
After five months, the coronavirus is getting old and people are wearied by all the limitations associated with it. As a result, there are a number of people who are short on patience with one another. How should we think about these things?...
Lament, Pray, & Care
Following up on Sunday's sermon, I mentioned a number of books that you may find helpful for the Care piece of application. Here are some to take a look at....
Summer Reading Challenge: Les Miserables
So your summer plans have been canceled or severely limited. Now what? Let me challenge you to read....
News to lift your mind and heart
Want a source of news that will truly encourage you? Try this.........
Thoughts on Reopening Church Tomorrow
Are you ready for the reopening of Church tomorrow? ...
A Testimony of Family Discipleship (part 2)
Tina Miller's father shares his testimony of family discipleship....
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A Testimony of Family Discipleship
in an interview Tina Miller's father, Gene Burke, shares his testimony of family discipleship...
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COVID Playlist
Sarah offers a suggested playlist for life at home during the coronavirus pandemic....
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How Should Christians at ECC Respond to Corona?
If you even glimpse the news right now, the world seems to be falling apart....
Intergenerational Ministry This Summer
Have you looked around our sanctuary on a recent Sunday morning? I mean really looked, with eyes not glazed over by the film of familiarity? If you do, you will see what amazes newcomers: a congregation of believers from babes in arms to white-haired men and women in wheelchairs, with a wonderful mix in-between of children and youth. Families are sitting together. Children...
Keep ReadingLessons from my appendix
Surgery is never fun but God used my recent experience to teach me about His Body....
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