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Desire a Better Country
Last week, I shared four consequences of living with eternity amnesia—that is, functionally forgetting the Forever life that is to come and telling ourselves that this life on earth is all there is to life. Those consequences are: Living with unrealistic expectations…
Art Camp Day 3 – 2026
Today was a new day with a new song: we began learning, “The Law of the Lord is Perfect”, based on verses from Psalm 19. (It was a nice break, but we’re eager to get back to “How Great Thou Art”!) Meanwhile, the younger classes…
Helping Those Affected by Dementia
In this episode, host David Nakhla is joined by OPC member and dementia care advocate Lizette Cloete to explore how deacons and their churches can better care for congregants and families affected by dementia. Lizette explains what dementia is, how it differs from Alzheimer’s disease…
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A Change in Focus ~ July 20
This is both difficult to write and even harder to comprehend. Tim received an update this week from the liver transplant team, and we wanted to share it with you so that you can continue to pray with us in our new reality…
Unrealistic Tickets to Paradise
I mentioned last week that in my years as a biblical counselor, I quickly discovered that I was counseling eternity amnesiacs. What is an eternity amnesiac? It’s someone who has functionally forgotten the Forever life to come and tells themselves that this life on earth is all there is to life…
Helping Seniors Avoid Scams
Scammers have grown increasingly sophisticated, and their schemes can target anyone, whether a ninety-two-year-old widow or someone with a PhD. After a scam, victims are often left confused and unsure of what to do next…
Praising God in the Waiting
God is so good! Your prayers, support, and acts of kindness have meant more than words can express. We’re trusting in the Lord’s perfect timing and provision—and we believe He has a new liver for Tim. We continue to wait in faith. We’re thankful to share a few updates…
Forgetting Forever
Since today is both the first day of the month and a Wednesday, I’m combining Wednesday’s Word and Grace & Knowledge and into a single, much longer post. And today, and for every Wednesday throughout the month of July, I want to write about the topic of Forever…
A Growing Interest in Evangelism
A few years ago, a fellow minister remarked that he had been observing an increasing interest in evangelism within the OPC, something I had also noticed. Indeed, it seems that in the last five to ten years, the Lord has been kindling a growing desire in Reformed churches in general…
Liver Donor Needed for Tim
Tim Milchling urgently needs a living liver donor. After surviving childhood liver cancer, he now faces a critical need for a transplant at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia…
Summarizing the Songs of Forever
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” (Revelation 4:11) “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by…
Home Missions ~ 2025 Thank Offering
The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension (CHMCE) supports congregations and presbyteries of the OPC as they seek to make new disciples and establish new congregations. At the end of 2024, the OPC had three hundred established…