by Joe McGarry | Aug 3, 2011 | authentic christianity
Read: Matthew 14:22-33 In have a lot of memories from playing football in high school. I was a pretty good lineman (both defense and offense) and I loved playing the game. One of my memories was a drill where guys would line up in two rows about five yards apart....
by Joe McGarry | Jul 31, 2011 | authentic christianity
Read Matthew 14:13-21 Working in the church I have seen and interacted with people living in complete poverty. Over the years I have given a family a basket of food from the food pantry when they come knocking on the church door at 4:45 on a Friday afternoon and I...
by Joe McGarry | Jul 20, 2011 | authentic christianity
This past Sunday I was starting my usual afternoon Pastoral nap when there was a knock at the door. I got up to answer the door and I find it was two of my neighbors. These neighbors happen to be Jehovah’s Witnesses. They’ve stopped by a number of times...
by Joe McGarry | Jul 13, 2011 | authentic christianity
There are two men standing at the gates of heaven to get in. The first man James grew up in a tough neighborhood, his father left him when he was young and his mother worked three jobs just to get by. Eventually he got caught up in the wrong crowd. Instead of...
by Joe McGarry | Jul 5, 2011 | authentic christianity
Read: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 We use to sing a lot at Bible camp. I was a counselor at a camp for about 10 summers. This past week I took a bunch of my kids from the church where I am a pastor to camp for our yearly confirmation retreat. It brought back a lot of good...
