By Alan Shlemon, Stand To Reason Ministries (PUBLISHED ON 8/05/2020) I’m going to tell you something that will explain what you’re likely feeling about this turbulent year. No doubt, you’ve witnessed a series of tragic events unfold before your eyes. You’ve also probably felt an inordinate pressure to say the right thing about each of them. Like you, I’ve been hesitant to…

Dear Quest, My regrettable mistake on Sunday of announcing prematurely the death of Tammaris Bohannon the St. Louis City Policeman was precipitated by a report that he was wounded so severely that recovery was all but impossible. That got twisted into a report that I received twice that he had passed on Sunday morning. The fact is that he passed away on…

Dear Quest, This morning (Sunday), I shared that two police officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Force had been shot, one in the leg, the other in the head (that is all true) and that the critical head injury had been fatal  (that was not accurate).  Gratefully, that officer with the head injury is still alive and we pray he survives.…

Join us for the annual church business meeting on Sunday, August 23rd at 7pm on Zoom. We’ll post the link on the event page for the meeting on the 23rd. Anyone is welcome to attend, but please remember that only members can participate in the voting.

You fill in the blank… and we all do day in and day out.  There are days when we could use one particular word to fill in the blank and the next day we might use an entirely different word.  You may have used some or all of these words: unprecedented, scary, unsettling, exciting, challenging, grievous, confusing, depressing, unpredictable, uncertain, tumultuous, changing,…

Dear Quest, Several weeks ago we announced that we would be sponsoring a group that would be dialoguing on the issue of the racial tensions in our country today.  I want to acknowledge that communication concerning the discussion group of the book Color of Compromise became silent in the last few weeks.  I apologize for any confusion this has caused.  Let me…