Path of Life: Devastation
What has happened to God’s perfect creation? The famous image of a crying child in the aftermath of war’s devastation vividly illustrates our relationship with […]
Articles by Steve Phifer
Path of Life: Hope
Truth be told, we are all afraid of the dark. It varies, of course, from person to person, but if the darkness is thick […]
14 Days on the Mountain
Processing the Sermon on the Mount I consider the Sermon on the Mount to be the Constitution of the Kingdom of God. In three chapters, […]
Music Education & Music Ministry
A good marriage, well matched from the beginning and faithfully attended to as the years go by, will invariably be a multigenerational blessing to the […]
Understanding Asbury
2 Chronicles 7:12-18 NKJV Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this […]
The Three Steps
Matt 16:24-25 NKJV Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, […]
Today I Feel Pain I Have Never Felt Before
(Author’s Note: This little lament was written early in 2014. For three years, I had been orchestra director at a wonderful SBC congregation for a […]
MUSIC: Pain, Pleasure, and Promise
(Author’s Note: This essay was written during the week after Christmas, 2022. My goal was to help people who are not musicians understand what we […]
The Promise of the Star-A Novel of Healing Presence
The Nativity Story as a Faith-Fiction Novel My first novel, “The Promise of the Star,” is now available. This is my imaginative telling of the […]