Author: James Hogan
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Years ago, I worked construction on the makeover of the San Diego Hilton Beach and Tennis Resort, with dozens of bungalows, a two-story luxury hotel built in wings off a massive ballroom, and an eight-story hotel tower. One thing I was surprised to learn was how many commercial tradesmen did shabby work, even on big,…
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Whenever I’m invited to travel and speak at functions I chuckle a bit, wondering if the folks asking me to come understand that I’m just a knucklehead from the Rocks. That’s certainly an appropriate sentiment because it’s not really me they’re impressed with, it’s the church I pastor and the way God has been moving…
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In the Old Testament’s Book of Numbers, God, speaking of Moses’s brother and nephews, says: Tell Aaron and his sons, “This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: ‘The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn…
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In the founding papers for Faithbridge Community Church, it says: We believe that Jesus’ prayer (John 17) for the believers “that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You” longs for community, fellowship, love and labor alongside one another, and thus, we commit to supporting and working…
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No good deed goes unpunished the cynical saying goes, and sometimes it sure feels that way. Earlier this year Faithbridge church’s friend Mark Duffy, through his ministry 25FortyPGH, had a “Little Pantry on a Post” built for folks in the Sto-Rox area. The pantry, about the size of a mini-fridge, is designed to have folks…
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In 1978, the Sto-Ken-Rox Little League Indians had a decent season and had an outside chance at making a run for the championship. I played first base. One thing stood solidly between Manager Lenny Pesce’s young team and their dreams of playoff success. The Red Sox. Playing the Red Sox meant facing their stout pitcher…
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Twenty-five years ago a missionary from Campus Crusade shared a simple system for helping folks learn to easily get something out of opening up a Bible. Even then, before Twitter and dwindling attention spans, Barna Research Group was finding fewer and fewer Christians were spending much time in the word, and those numbers have continued…
