living for eternity today
I’m really not much of a pool person. Perhaps it’s because my abs are hidden somewhere below an extra level of insulation. Perhaps it’s because I’m not all that keen on being in a pool where who knows what all is floating around in the water! But I believe there’s something we can learn from our hot summer days at the pool. Continue reading
The Bible contains a lot of great nuggets of wisdom, and Luke is one of those writers that just seems to give us extra tidbits of information that make things really interesting. In worship, we’re discussing the stories in the book of Luke known as the lost parables. Continue reading
If you’ve ever flown on a plane, you’ve undoubtedly heard the flight attendant say something like, “in the unlikely event of a water evacuation your seat bottom cushion can be used as a flotation device.” Why do they start a plane ride with these words? As if some people aren’t nervous enough as it is! Then you add, oh by the way there’s a chance we might crash and you’re going to have to swim using your seat to keep you afloat! Um, no thanks…I’ll walk! Continue reading
This Sunday we talked about freedom and the future and what the two have to do with each other. Here’s a little reminder of what we discussed. Continue reading
It’s always a great time when 10 high schoolers, 3 college students and a young adult gather in your living room. The sun was shining so we spent some time on the patio. We enjoyed a few tacos and then sat down for a little dirt talk. Continue reading
Everywhere you look bigger and better and faster and stronger are all the craze. We put in longer hours to get ahead in life. We set bigger goals and have flashy ideas. We all want to go somewhere and be something in life. It’s hard to be content with the normal, ordinary, regular, mundane and simple kind of life. Continue reading
I believe the one largest question I receive as a pastor is why is God doing this to me? Another form of this question is what did I do wrong? Why is God punishing me? I get it. I’ll admit sometimes it’s easy to view some of life’s less happy moments as punishment. It’s easy to see the illness, marital struggle, rebellious children, job struggles, financial crises or whatever your personal storm as a punishment from God for something we did wrong. But quite frankly this just isn’t how God operates and to be totally honest it goes completely contrary to the message of who God is. Continue reading
The rhythm of life seems to get faster and faster every single day. No matter what we accomplish today, there’s another list of to-dos waiting for us tomorrow. No matter how far ahead we plan, there is always a something that is yet undone. We just can’t seem to get far enough ahead in life. Continue reading
I’ve always loved looking at the book of Psalms. It’s filled with real, honest and at times gut-wrenching thoughts poured out of a broken heart. We all too often paint a rosy picture of followers of Jesus having it all together and not facing struggles in life. Or if we do see them struggle we assume they have some super human force that allows them to easily conquer their troubles. But what if that’s exactly what we’re supposed to think? What if we’re supposed to think that a good follower of God will be able to leap small buildings with a single jump? Continue reading
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