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Reestablishing Ministry Goals

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02 Jan 2017
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Nicholas T. Batzig
The longer I have been in ministry, the more I have found the ancient Latin proverb to be true: Repetitio mater studiorum est (i.e. repetition is the mother...
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2016 Writing in Review

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30 Dec 2016
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Nicholas T. Batzig
A number of years ago, I started cataloguing all that I have written over the course of the year. I decided to do this mainly...
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The Future of Emptiness

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29 Dec 2016
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Nicholas T. Batzig
2016 has come and gone. As the Steve Miller Band so mesmerizingly reminded us in 1976, “Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future.” We are,...
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The Minister’s Grit

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27 Dec 2016
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Nicholas T. Batzig
You discovered his music years before any of your friends or the mainstream media had ever heard of him. You saw him perform in a venue that held...
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Sinful Anger: Its Cause and Cure

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19 Dec 2016
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Nicholas T. Batzig
Pride fuels self-righteousness, self-righteousness fuels sinful anger and sinful anger fuels destructive thoughts, words and actions. Who among us has not known what it is to...
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Joseph Did You Know?

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14 Dec 2016
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Nicholas T. Batzig
I recently spent some time driving around our community in order to see the way in which Joseph was portrayed in the various nativity scenes...
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Keeping Our Church Vows

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12 Dec 2016
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Nicholas T. Batzig
When we examine and receive members in our local churches in the Presbyterian Church in America, we ask those coming for membership to take five...
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Low Expectations…

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06 Dec 2016
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Nicholas T. Batzig
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Preaching
“I really like the music;” “the community is wonderful;” “there are so many ways to get involved;” “their children’s ministry is great;” “God really seems...
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