Same God?
Ask the Pastor by Pastor Daniel Rudd The other day I was asked a question, the question was: Don’t all religions worship the same God? They just focus on different aspects of God? I don’t…
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My African initiative
by Dale P. Bequette This year in late February or early March, I was supposed to go on a mission trip to a place called Yogo, Kenya in Africa with a friend. It would have…
Relationships
by Dale Bequette Relationships have been on my mind a lot lately, especially the really important ones between men and women, the ones that are supposed to be the most important, significant and lasting of…
Not perfect, just forgiven
Ask the Pastor by Pastor Daniel Rudd Have you ever met someone who claimed to be something they weren’t? Maybe they boasted about how good they were at sports. Embellished the story about the fish…
Insights and lessons from my faith journey
by Dale Bequette Looking back 35 years, I sometimes wonder how come it took so long, and is there anyone out there that could benefit from lessons I learned. Some of the lessons cost me…
Hope for the depressed
Ask the Pastor by Pastor Daniel Rudd I am a local pastor at The Gathering House, and I was speaking with the editor about the idea of writing an “Ask the Pastor” column in Nation…
Out there
by Dale Bequette I am writing this time about some of the steps I took after my first encounter with God in my van back in 1979. I was alone and I was neither drunk,…
Faith, fear and clowns
Ask the Pastor by Pastor Daniel Rudd I am a local pastor at The Gathering House, and I was speaking with the editor about the idea of writing an “Ask the Pastor” column in Nation…
The Crazy Carpenter: How it all began
by Dale Bequette Real life for me began after I had seriously contemplated ending it. That was along time ago and yet seems like yesterday. The thing that triggered this event was a relationship with…