There are some stories that stick with you, increasing in significance and meaning as you get older and have a little more understanding. It is amazing to me how what we often label “children’s stories” present timeless truths in practical ways that can provide some perspective for current realities. Two that seem particularly useful in my life revolve around chickens. One is “The Little Red...
It’s that time of year again. Time for all the ghouls and goblins to make their way out to haunt the world. No, I’m not talking about the forthcoming children’s holiday, when kids get dressed up in costumes and request candy from their kind-hearted neighbors. That happening carries with it joy, community, and cooperation. It is election season and it is coming in hot. It brings with it division...
John Wesley is considered by most to be one of the titans of the Christian faith in recent centuries. We see the evidence of his impact in communities all around the world. One Christian denomination bears his name, the Wesleyan Church. Another denomination is a product of his life’s work, the Methodist Church. The faith of countless millions has been and continues to be informed and strengthened...
Many people, myself included, have taken to calling our shutdown in the spring “The Great Pause.” As we have moved through the summer, efforts have been made to reintroduce greater levels of activity into society at a variety of levels. There is no denying, however, that the world isn’t quite as busy as it was before the muddy mess of 2020. The constant state of wait-and-see has greatly limited...
The First Baptist Church of Seymour, Indiana was established in 1839. We are just under two decades from celebrating 200 years as a church. During that time, we have gone through one name change (originally it was Liberty Baptist Church) and we have been housed in five different buildings at five different locations. We have a rich and robust history of community involvement and engagement...
My daughter learned a very important lesson when she was in first grade. She came home from school one day with a particularly challenging homework assignment. I can’t remember exactly what the assignment was, but I will never forget the interaction I had with my daughter while she worked through it with her mother. Mikayla very diligently focused on each portion of the activity. I could tell her...
Survival shows are extremely popular in the Myers household. Of all of the shows available to us on the wonderful worlds of HULU and Amazon Prime, ALONE is without a doubt our favorite. The basic idea of the show is 10 people are taken out to some wilderness and dropped in a secluded location where they will have to survive all by their lonesome. The only contact they have with the outside world...
We are blessed to have a garage at our current residence. Said garage often devolves into a repository of stuff. I hesitate to use a more negative term such as junk, because some of it is actually useful, though it may be in the minority. Invariably, we will come to a point where we have had enough of looking at and stumbling around the mountains of mess and will engage in the unenviable task of...
Just before the apocalypse began and COVID-19 took over the world, I had an interesting interaction with one of my neighbors. We both pulled into our driveways and exited our vehicles at approximately the same time, so it only seemed polite to ask him how he was doing. I yelled the standard neighborly greeting; “Hey buddy, how’s life?” At the moment, his response was humorous, if not a tad cliché...
The last several months have been a continuous exercise in adaptability for all of us. As we all now understand all too well, it is not an easy exercise. It continues to stretch and mold us in ways we can’t fully comprehend or appreciate in the now. Generally, change ebbs and flows like the tide, rising and falling with some level of predictability over time. Recently, it feels a lot more like a...
Jeremy Myers is the Lead Pastor of First Baptist Church of Seymour, Indiana, where he has served since 2017. He has over 25 years of experience in local church ministry and not-for-profit leadership. He has a passion for helping emerging and existing generations learn to make space for each other and caring for the under-served and marginalized. In 2016, he earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Palmer Theological Seminary, with his thesis focusing on developing connections between senior adults and youth in the church. He is a passionate and gifted communicator and is regularly invited to speak at retreats, camps, conferences, and other events. He lives in Seymour, Indiana with his wife Robyn, their two children, Mikayla and JJ, and their Golden Doodle, Evie.
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