Brian Taylor shared this encouragement for parenting with me (Hope) and I wanted to pass it on you. Of all of the things that we prioritize in our life, a desire for God should be the one that consumes our heart. May your parenting days be happy ones as you look to the future and …
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I had the good fortune of being raised in a Christian home and family. There are tremendous advantages that can be gained by living in the environment of a good Christian home. However; not all good Christian practices and customs are engrained in a person by mere observation. My parents were very committed to and …
To Our Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, When we started the whole ordeal of biopsies and diagnoses 10 months ago, the unknowns piled up. Is it cancer? Will Trina live? To see her kids graduate? Her grandkids? The summer? How does a family even function without the rock who is wife and mother? And …
Earlier this year, the staff read through the book, “When Helping Hurts”. Jonathan suggested this book as an answer to the question, “What do we do next with our friends from Feeding the Hungry lunches?” The book is a really good one, sometimes discouraging to read as we evaluate our failure and lack of progress, …
Church, yesterday was a great day as we heard about 4 different short term mission trips that happened this summer. These teams represented 28 members of our church or just over 10% of our attendance from Sunday! It was a very encouraging day! We know that many of you were touched by the messages that …
Not until I had been in full-time church ministry for over two-decades did I feel confident enough to preach through Romans. And, then, at that, I may have jumped the gun. It was like when I fell the large Spruce in my backyard; would things at the end lie where I wished them to lie, …
Three years ago, I was feeling restless, discontent and unsatisfied. I kept asking questions about Heaven, wanting to gain a better understanding of what lies ahead for us in eternity. My questioning led me to the book, Heaven by Randy Alcorn and I also later read NT Wright’s book Surprised by Hope. Both are similar …
“If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:17-18 Love is a common topic lately, and …
This is likely the best kind. The kind where we are simply, without thinking or hesitation, getting a chance to show God’s love to someone. Last Wednesday, Leonard was late to lunch. We always look for him and wait for him, he seldom disappoints. We have gotten to know Leonard over the fall/winter and these are …
Two Sundays ago, Kelly spoke on going deeper in our relationship with God. He listed three practical questions that we can ponder as we reflect on our own personal life and how we can go deeper. 1) What did Jesus do? 2) What did David do? 3) What did the early Christians do? (Acts 2:42-47) It’s …
