Jeffrey C. Long

I have switched my feed over to Feedburner now so that I can pay attention to stats about readership. The old feeds are still alive, but it would help me out if users who are reading the site in a newsreader, it would help me out if you would switch to the new feed here. [...]

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This sermon was preached on Sunday, September 18th, 2005 at Filer Mennonite Church In our most recent elder meeting, the elders discussed some goals to work toward in the future. One of them was that we are working to become a church that partners together to reach out to people, inviting them to follow Jesus [...]

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This sermon was preached on September 11th, 2005 at Filer Mennonite Church But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints; nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks. Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral [...]

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This sermon was preached on Sunday September 4th, 2005 at Filer Mennonite Church. The monks at a remote monastery deep in the woods followed a rigid vow of silence. Their vow could only be broken once a year—on Christmas—by one monk. That monk could speak only one sentence. One Christmas, Brother Thomas had his turn [...]

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I’ve recently not been posting sermons because it’s difficult for me to post the raw notes that I preach from. What actually gets said in a sermon is often more “living” then the original notes. So, in some times past, I’ve taken the time to edit the notes into more of an article to make [...]

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It’s amazing to realize how much I am a creature of habit. Lately the mirror I have been looking into has been my 2 year old son. It first happened when I was making my morning lattes. He would stand by and watch. The next thing I knew, he was anticipating my every move. The [...]

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Years and years ago, I bought this drum machine, the TR-909. It was pretty hot at the time but later I replaced it with a higher tech Alesis HR-16. After awhile I came to regret this decision. The TR-909 was a hybrid digital/analog machine and as such it’s drum sounds weren’t quite as photo-realistic as [...]

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The Revised Common Lectionary is a calendar of scripture readings used by many churches in America. I was unfamiliar with the lectionary when I became a pastor, but since discovering it, it has been a rich resource in guiding selections of the Bible for use in Sunday morning services. Marlene Kropf has written a little [...]

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Just posted About Schleitheim to my basic Christian beliefs blog, “Journey to Westminster and Schleitheim.” Frequency will pick up now that my daughters are back from their trip and I’m back in the rhythm. Technorati Tags: Anabaptist, Mennonite, mennonite

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Schleitheim is a town in Switzerland. It is known as the location where the seven articles of the “Schleitheim Confession” were written by Michael Sattler in 1527. JC Wenger writes: The Seven Articles of Schleitheim were written with Michael Sattler of Stauffen, Germany, as the chief author, it is believed. Sattler was originally an officer [...]

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