Pastor Rich Sivo Feb 26 4 min The Way to Live! In Charles Dickens’ novel, “The Tale of Two Cities”, at the start of the story he writes – “it was the best of times and the worst of tim...
Pastor Rich Sivo Feb 5 4 min Amazing Refreshment! I would like to take this week’s blog to share a few reflections from the amazing retreat I had the opportunity to attend at America’s Ke...
Pastor Rich Sivo Jan 29 4 min God's Unusual Ways Last week in our blog we were looking at the problem of evil that was present in the day of Habakkuk and Habakkuk’s complaint to God abou...
Pastor Rich Sivo Jan 22 3 min The Problem of Evil When we look around today, we see the prevailing acceptance of evil that is probably unmatched in the annals of American history. In rece...
Pastor Rich Sivo Jan 15 4 min An Interesting Coincidence? Since July I have been preaching on Sunday evenings in the book of Isaiah. Since August for our Wednesday morning Bible study, I have bee...
Pastor Rich Sivo Jan 8 4 min A Fascinating Thought Back in the late 80s, I was pastoring 2 churches in Western Pennsylvania. During that time there were a number of bombings at abortion cl...
Pastor Rich Sivo Jan 1 3 min Entering 2021 As we prepare to enter a new year, there has probably never been a year so filled with as much uncertainty as 2021. Generally, on New Yea...
Pastor Rich Sivo Dec 18, 2020 3 min A Christmas Greeting! Shortly after finishing my blog today, I will be going over to Edison to pick up my mother who will hopefully be staying with us till New...
Pastor Rich Sivo Dec 11, 2020 5 min A Faith Journey Two months ago I was revisited by a long-dormant health problem in my life. Way back in 2007 I was diagnosed with a medical condition cal...
Pastor Rich Sivo Dec 4, 2020 3 min Have You Not Heard? One of my favorite chapters in the Old Testament is Isaiah 40. In fact, in our Sunday evening services, I’ve been preaching through this ...
Pastor Rich Sivo Nov 20, 2020 4 min Still Reasons for Giving Thanks! As we approach what will likely be our strangest Thanksgiving, I would like to make an argument for being thankful. When we look at all t...
Pastor Rich Sivo Nov 13, 2020 5 min Confronting Hypocrisy! Last week we began looking at the passage in Galatians where Paul confronts Peter for his hypocrisy. That hypocrisy centered around Peter...
Pastor Rich Sivo Nov 6, 2020 4 min The Great Divide As I blog this week (Thursday afternoon) the presidential election is still hanging in the balance. With a near completely divided electo...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 23, 2020 4 min Peter's Enlightenment! Last week in our blog we began to look at the response of the religious leadership in Jerusalem to Peter’s decision to go to Caesarea and...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 16, 2020 5 min Keep Chopping Away! When I was pastoring in central Michigan, I was very involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Through my involvement with FCA,...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 9, 2020 3 min An Upright Stand! Two weeks ago, in our blog, we were considering the Holy Spirit being poured out on Gentile believers of the Lord Jesus Christ. We saw in...