A Midlife Owner’s Manual
When you have a car, you can always find the owner’s manual in the glove compartment. I know that YouTube video tutorials are incredibly helpful now, but let’s remember that…
My Story of 75 Years
There’s no denying it: today I turn 75 years old. I’ll quote an excerpt from my New Morning Mercies entry from today: “I have walked with the Lord and studied his Word for many, many years; longer than I would like to admit. Over the years, I have gained…
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…
Even More Trouble with Aging
When we are younger, we tend to breeze through life with naivety and a lack of awareness. Of course, there can be young people who are wise and mature beyond their years, but with the passing years of life comes gained life experience…
Christian Education ~ 2025 Thank Offering
This week’s video features the work of Christian Education. Your giving to Worldwide Outreach will assist the Committee on Christian Education as they assist in ministerial instruction and training and produce New Horizons, the monthly magazine of the OPC…
The Trouble with Aging
Over the last two weeks, we have been considering what I call the “8 Ds of Aging”—eight different struggles we experience as we age, progressing through this journey called life in a fallen world. They are: Dissatisfaction, Disorientation, Discouragement, Dread…
Foreign Missions ~ 2025 Thank Offering
This week’s video features the work of Foreign Missions. Your giving to Worldwide Outreach assists the Committee on Foreign Missions as they send missionaries to plant churches and presbyteries and train pastors all over the world…
The 8 Ds of Aging
Last week, we considered four realities that every person might experience in their life as they get older: dissatisfaction, disorientation, discouragement, and dread. At some point, you will lose the expectancy, vibrancy, hopefulness, and courage of your youth…
Am I Old Enough for a Midlife Crisis?
It was a warm, sunny afternoon, and I was walking through the center of downtown as I often do. A beautifully refurbished classic muscle car pulled up to the red light, with music blasting and its convertible top down. In the driver’s seat sat an older man, probably in his late 50s…