Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor It has taken me awhile to recognize that fact. For too long my single focus has been on accomplishing the task, the goal, or the initiative. So, with whole-heartedness, I have sought to strengthen the church or extend the Kingdom through conversions, new members, greater attendance, a remodeling project or building a new facility. […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor When I asked our teenage granddaughter how I could pray for her, she immediately responded, “that I will think before I speak.” “Hmmm,” I thought, “that should be my prayer as well.” Eruptive wordiness seems to come so easily and silence so arduously. On a few rare occasions, I have practiced the spiritual discipline […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor On Friday, January 12, 2007, Joshua Bell, world famed violinist, emerged from the Metro at the L’Enfant Plaza Station in Washington, DC and positioned himself against a wall beside a trash basket. A youngish white man in jeans, long-sleeved T-shirt and a Washington Nationals baseball cap, he removed a violin. It was not just […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor When I had my first car accident at 16, I had a shocking revelation. Upon seeing the car I hit (yes it was my fault), it was not the black car I had described to my dad. It was a white car. We have all had the experience of discovering that what we thought […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor The toddler’s scream shattered my reverie. The three-year-old’s protestations came from the seat directly behind mine, row 17F. I could not help but tune into the drama. The flight attendant had just announced preparations for landing and directed all electronics to be turned off. The problem was that junior was playing with Mom’s Ipad […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor For as far back as I can remember, ingrained in me has been the value of independence. Not far into life, I was encouraged and coached toward eventual independence: to walk on my own, talk on my own, dress on my own, read on my own, write on my own, work on my own, […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor It was the finest tomato that Linda and I had ever raised. The potted tomato plant on our deck was coddled by Linda and me. We sprayed, fertilized and covered it. And, keeping it up on our second story deck, no animal could reach it. So the tomato grew. It was softball size and […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor Most of us were probably disappointed that the Social Distancing was extended to April 30, putting a kink in some of our plans and hopes. When we set those plans, we did not see this coming. A pastor-friend of mine, in one of his sermons, cited the story of a female runner who several […]
Daniel Friess, Elder “But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of […]
Pastor Randy Corbin, Transitional Lead Pastor At least for me, flexibility is not an easy call to follow. I like predictability, control, and clarity. Like handrails on my steps, it gives me security as I navigate. Yet, the events of these recent days has required flexibility and a willingness to adjust for the purpose of safety and respect for those […]
