Author name: Steve Negley

But Timothy has just now come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love. He has told us also that you always […]

You can spend an enjoyable part of a day “reading your way around” First Presbyterian Church. From the Boy Scout House to the flagpole or the front steps, through chapel

The calendar has flipped and time has marched on from the late-year holiday that we know as Thanksgiving. Around that time we will often pause to recall people and events

I have heard that patience is a virtue. This is probably one more example of the fact that I am not necessarily a virtuous person. I am certain that I

Much of my early years were spent in the hills of southern Illinois around “salt of the earth” mid-westerners. As a consequence, colloquialisms are a part of my vocabulary and

I can’t tell you how many family members of mine have shared advice with me over the years about watching my words. There’s a grandmother’s advice that “If you can’t

James is known in some circles as the “theological workaholic” of the New Testament. Where the Apostle Paul is famous for his grace/faith passages, James is right in there pitching

I have mentioned before in sermons and Sunday School classes that my musical tastes have taken a lifetime to develop. As a child, I listened to whatever my parents had

Recently I reflected a little on some of my musical mentors (people from hard rock, southern rock, and 1970’s pop). I also owe some of my melodic memories to 1970’s

What Gifts Do We Bring? A devotion based on the Three Wise Men at the Nativity by Steve Negley Like many people, I have more than one nativity set. One