Nov 3, 2022 | Blog, Bob Manuel, CrossWay Community
“Walk with Me” is the overall theme of this blog. It’s nice when someone does. You know, it’s nice to not have to walk alone. But. Sometimes we do walk alone. Sometimes we must walk alone. At least it sure feels that way. Sometimes. But...
Oct 15, 2022 | Blog, Bob Manuel, CrossWay Community
“Looking for the God Who is Looking for Us – an Early Advent Meditation” “Hi. It’s Me, your God. Today I wanted to simply share something fun and amazing that you might not have considered. My child, I live simultaneously outside and inside of time. I see up ahead in...
Oct 10, 2022 | Blog, Bob Manuel, CrossWay Community
Several weeks back, I asked the Crossway family to give me some topics or scriptural texts they would like to hear a sermon about. This coming Sunday (Oct.16) I will address a requested topic(s) that, in some ways I have been personally acquainted. The topic is shame,...
Oct 4, 2022 | Blog, Bob Manuel, CrossWay Community
What difference does the consistent presence of gratitude and thankfulness have in our lives? I’ve been thinking of that lately as a passage I have been working at memorizing (Colossians 3:1-17) gives a recurring call to gratitude. I might be wrong,...
Sep 24, 2022 | Blog, Bob Manuel, CrossWay Community
God Likes What He Sees God was waiting for me to join Him in a walk. Walks often function as my prayer time. Sometimes I will listen to a podcast as I did on this walk. On this particular podcast, one of the hosts said the following: “God never looks in your mirror...
Jan 26, 2021 | Blog, Bob Manuel, CrossWay Community, Uncategorized
Below is an article I wrote this month for our church’s newsletter: “The CrossWay Current”. More accurately, I wrote the article for me! You see, one of the common vocational hazards of being a pastor, is, we can lose our joy if we are not careful....
