From the Heart of Pastor Jacqueline A. Thompson
February 17, 2021
My Allen Temple Family and Friends,
Please forgive my evening interruption. I hope this note finds you safe and well. But I just had to ask...is it just me or do you sense it too? Things are moving. The pace of life is quickening. Rush hour traffic has returned to freeways. Our streets, stores and restaurants are overflowing as well. There is much more movement than even this time a month ago. It almost feels, dare I say it, like things are returning to "normal". The rush to return to normal is afoot and it is all around us.
November 5, 2020
Dear Allen Temple Family and Friends,
Waiting...I hate it. And yes, I know all of the spiritual benefits and virtues that are extolled about it. And I still hate it.
It is a poignant reminder that some things in this life are out of my ultimate control. This necessary, daily realization grates against the very nature of what it means to be human. CONTROL! Was this not the desire that marred the experience of Adam and Eve in the Garden? The struggle for control transcends time and place. And I don't know about you, but it seems as if it has become heightened during this multi-pandemic year called 2020.
April 1, 2020
Dear Allen Temple Family and Friends,
Our Lenten Series continues this week with the theme of Authentic Discipleship with Reverend Dr. Brenda Guess, Chancellor of the Leadership Institute at Allen Temple.
Forward Together by Faith,
Dr. Jacqueline A. Thompson
Senior Pastor
Dear Allen Temple Family and Friends,
Our Lenten Series continues this week with the theme of Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled with Reverend Will Brown, Allen Temple Associate Minister.
Forward Together by Faith,
Dr. Jacqueline A. Thompson
Senior Pastor