Friends, We’re continuing in 1 Corinthians for our time together this Sunday. If you want to read ahead, we’ll be in 1 Corinthians 1:10-18. By the way, when we read scripture during our worship service, the reader will often end the segment with the phrase, “This is the Word...
Friends, Recently we’ve been discussing how the form of church is undergoing change as it understands what it means to be the presence of Christ in our time. People who study this are reflecting on ways that other cultural forms are delivering values that used to belong almost exclusively...
Friends, 2020 is officially underway and I suspect that your daily routines are returning after the break that tends to occur during the Christmas season. The break is always welcome, the routine that returns not as much. But it doesn’t need to be that way, particularly for those who...
Friends, The Christmas season closes this Sunday on Epiphany, the day in the historic church calendar marking the visit of the Magi who journeyed from the east to pay homage to the one born King of the Jews. We often mash all the events surrounding the birth of Christ together. Many nativity...
Friends, This Sunday marks the fourth Sunday in Advent when, for us, our thoughts will gather around the idea of trust. There’s never a time when this idea isn’t timely for followers of Jesus. And while we anticipate the joy of our gatherings to celebrate Christmas, there always...
Friends, This Sunday we’ll continue our Advent theme: It’s a Wonderful Life, with the encouragement to “Believe it!” If you’ve seen the movie, our clip this Sunday takes place after George realizes the truth of what he’s experienced with Clarence, Angel...
Friends, This Sunday we’ll be in Hebrews 12 looking at the first two verses of this chapter. Take a few moments sometime in the next day to read through the passage and listen to God as this section conveys deep truths about following Jesus. I’m excited about delving into this...
Friends, A couple of days ago an article I read referenced the book, Three Mile per Hour God. The idea of this book is that God’s preferred pace is 3 miles per hour—walking speed—and that we miss a great deal of what God has for us because we prefer freeway speed...
Friends, Church congregations are quirky, fascinating, exasperating, and exhilarating. Sometimes they are all these in the same moment! Perhaps you’ve experienced this too. Congregations can feel like home, but that rarely happens right away. I’ve been to congregations that reminded...
Friends, You will want to be on-time for the service this Sunday—that’s all I’m going to say about that. Come find out why! After the service we’ll hold our annual congregational meeting. At that time we’ll receive the budget for the fiscal year and...