Hamburg
Baptist Church

Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, together with his wife, Kay, went through a devastating loss when their 27 year-old son...

I belong to the American Automobile Association. Very handy whenever we have needed road service. I have no relationship with any other...

Continuity marked our church’s experience during 2022. To continue seeing a vital expression of faith and love, even through the third...

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the...

When I’m on the road (car-bike-foot), especially if conditions are not the best, a prayer comes to mind from the beginning of Psalm 16:...

Our Sunday mornings on the Ten Commandments have been a reminder of how essential these rules are for our well-being. Staying away from...

Through the roughest struggle and deepest kind of loss that life can dole out, some come through scarred but stronger than before. Not...

Prayer for some is a mantra or phrase often repeated, to focus our spiritual awareness and to get God’s attention. Prayer for others is...

World Relief Officer for American Baptist Churches reports seeing an unprecedented response for assistance in Ukraine. What we are...

Adjusting to life alone after 67 years of marriage, Beth spoke of weekly visits with her grown children and their families. They have...

In her book The God Who Hung on the Cross, journalist Ellen Vaughn tells how the Gospel came to a small village in Cambodia. In September...

Lent is a season for paying close attention to what it means to follow Jesus. Where are we going? And who is this who is leading us? I...

Looking back on the past two years, most could agree: twas a time of trials. Of being tested. The virus made life harder for students and...

The beginnings marked by Advent have this year been preceded by goodbyes. As many families have suffered separations in recent times, so...

Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders. Make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace....

We may be ready to leave behind the heatwaves and storms of the summer. But I’m glad to remember highlights I had looked forward to all...

A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of...

Recently I was asked to speak at an ordination service at one of our association churches, giving the “Charge to the Congregation.” I...

Susie and I just returned from three days in North Carolina. We went to see siblings we had not seen for a couple years. Having no other...

This morning my reading was a glimpse of the future. From the week between Palm Sunday and Easter. Jesus warned of continuing conflicts...