Observations
Articles that are miscellaneous in topic but personal in perspective, commentary, and thoughts from my world and view of life.
- Shed the Past
- What Jehovah Witnesses Believe
- Helping Others Make Sense of Traumatic Events
- Funeral Sermon
- Graveside Ceremony Helps
- The Hospice Chaplain
- The Soos Story
- The Durkac Story
- Hospital Chaplain to Hospice Chaplain
- 8 Scriptures to Know for Pastoral Hospital Visits
- Jimmy Buffett and the Obvious
- A Simpler Spiritual Assessment
- A Pastor is a Shepherd
- Hospital Etiquette for Pastors
- Scripture for Hospital Visitation
- Spiritual Crisis
- No One Remembers
- Theology of Pastoral Ministry
- Former SDA Facebook Groups
- Spiritual Self-Care?
- Church Purposes & Governing Values
- CrossHope Chapel
- Happy Independence Day
- Happy Mother’s Day
- Happy New Year!
- A Brief Reflection on Christmas
- Pandemic, Western Church, & Simpler Community
- 59 and Thinking
- Keep About Your Work
- When Organic Church Goes Bad
- Edith Waugh, Death, and Maranatha
- I Feel Like An Orphan
- NIV, ESV, and Translations
- The Mom I Knew
- Love in Marriage
- Irene H. Durkac
- Dear Small Church Pastor
- The Lord Among the Churches
- Not Returning to Church After COVID-19?
- Leslie B. Waugh, Sr.
- Payton is Graduating!
- No Official Church Membership?
- Will COVID-19 Change American Church?
- Coronavirus, Anxiety, and Hebrews 13:8
- The Post-Coronavirus Church
- What About Us Old Guys?
- Organic Pastor in Simple Church
- Louis S. Durkac
- 12 Statements of Advice to a New Pastor
- Advice to a Church Planter on a Theology of Pastoral Ministry
- Sabbath = Messiah
- Why Clemson Won
- Top 5 Posts in 2018
- Top 10 Classic, Rock, Country, Reggae, Ska Songs In My Christmas Playlist
- My Top 25 Spotify Songs in 2018
- Why Not to Start a House Church
- Dear Step-Siblings
- Sport Fans vs Church Fans
- We Are Church
- More on Today’s Church
- Simple Church Communities
- Pull or Push Leadership?
- A Definite Aim
- 10 Qualities of Leadership
- The Bible in 30 Words
- George Carlin?
- Salvation Over I-75
- Why “No Pastor” in House Church?
- Professional Pastor?
- CSB, ESV, and Translations
- A Sailboat
- Ministers: 3rd Tier Rowers
- Links to Simple Church
- Smaller is Bigger
- Starting A House Church
- Being the Church
- San Antonio, Texas
- Light Shows at Church?
- American Church
- Small Church Uniqueness
- Self-Control or Gun Control
- Pastoral Calling
- Critics of Church Styles
- Organic Pastor?
- 79 Years Later
- Observations for SDA’s
- My Baby Feet
- 3 Scriptures for Adoptees
- Spiritual Dreams
- Joy and Laughter
- I Am A Former Seventh-Day Adventist Minister