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How Little We Know
Do you know how little you know? We don’t actually know as much as we think we know. And we certainly don’t know as much as we would like to know. I’m sorry to hurt your feelings, but the sense we often try to make of the situations, locations, and relationships of our everyday lives is sometimes simply nonsense!
Art Camp Day 5 – 2026
Today was a great conclusion to a wonderful week of Art Camp! The kids learned about Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” and how he used thick, bright, colorful, painted swirls to capture a sense of motion in the sky; then they decorated cookies to look like the famous painting!…
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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Understanding the Message of the Bible:
“Understanding the Message of 1 John”
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…