by Dr. Paul Chappell | Apr 14, 2020 | Christian Life, Current Events, Ministry Leadership
When medical professionals and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first began encouraging us to practice social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, I had two thoughts as a pastor: obedience to Christ and the safety of our members. Early in...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Apr 9, 2020 | Ministry Leadership
“It is a dreadful thing to come into the Presidency this way, but it would be a far worse thing to be morbid about it. Here is the task, and I have got to do it to the best of my ability; and that is all there is about it.”—President Theodore Roosevelt, in a letter to...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Apr 6, 2020 | Christian Life
Easter 2020 is not the Resurrection Sunday we were expecting. Nor is it the one we were planning for a month ago. But it is the Easter in front of us this Sunday, and we trust that God is not limited by the social distancing restrictions imposed by COVID-19. Although...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Apr 3, 2020 | Christian Life, Current Events
If you’re like me, your schedule for this week looks nothing like what you envisioned it would four weeks ago. Not only is my daily or weekly schedule scrambled, but my calendar is upended due to COVID-19. Some of the changes have been hard. I miss seeing my...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Mar 31, 2020 | Christian Life
It’s hard to believe how much has changed in the three months since we entered 2020 and our church began the theme “Reaching Forth.” The theme phrase comes from Philippians 3:13, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting...