Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor A few years ago, Linda and I had the delightful experience of camping on Wellesley Island, part of the 1000 Island region in New York. It was a beautiful location. A few miles from there, on the St. Lawrence River is Heart Island. Nearly a century ago, a very wealthy man named George Boldt, […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor It took me just a couple of hours to realize there was something askew about the courtship. A friend of mine was so eager that Linda and I meet his fiancée, so we arranged for it. Yet, while he seemed very attentive to her, she seemed otherwise focused. She was fascinated with her diamond, […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor Wisdom knows how to tell time. With wisdom, timing is everything. During the early months of The War, President Abraham Lincoln was in an unenviable position. His general, George McClellan was clearly ineffective. Repeatedly, he fumbled in his leadership of the Union forces. Overly careful, George missed opportunity after opportunity to lasso the Confederate […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor “The Church is Full of Hypocrites”. I am chagrined to tell you that the comment put me over the edge. I value the ability to keep my cool, but in this case, I melted.It resulted from a comment my conversation partner made as we discussed Christianity. You have heard it as many times as I […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor I have always considered one’s name to be one of the most sacred possessions we have. Given at birth, it wraps itself around who we are and becomes synonymous with our character. It is a powerful and serious act of every parent: naming a child. That appellation follows us right into the cemetery where graven […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor I don’t know about you but whenever a teacher began a class with a pop quiz, I usually felt like someone just put a gun in my back, threatening my academic security. The pop quiz ambushes the student to determine how ready he is in a particular discipline. Has he mastered the skill or […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor Transitions come to all of us. From our birth, to infancy, to our school years, adulthood, careers, and eternity we face shifts from one place or stage to another. So, even our church family must face eventual transition. Thankfully, our Good Shepherd guides us across the rivers of transition – in our case to […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor A while back a businessman friend shared about a seminar he had recently attended. The consultant made this riveting statement: “Your organization is perfectly designed to get the results you are getting.” I had to think that through a bit. At first I pushed back, but the more I considered it, the more I realized that […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor What a thrill to serve the Carlisle Alliance family during this call to “cross the Jordan” together to the land ahead of us! Our pastoral transition season began with a Governing Board meeting on Tuesday evening, August 27, at which each of us was introduced. During the meeting, various phases of the transition were […]
Article by Phillip Holmes We know the Scriptures proclaim that God is gracious, but many struggle to believe it. Others wonder what grace actually looks like. If we take seriously the righteousness of God and the heinousness of our sin every day, we might find ourselves asking God, “Do you still love me?” or “Why are you so patient with […]
