Since we cannot meet together for Wednesday Night Happenings, we are going to post a weekly Wednesday Devotional during this time. We certainly miss being together as a church family. Continue being the hands and feet to our members and those in the community during this time. Here is a devotional for you to enjoy… Read More »
Discernment
Discern: 1. to perceive…see, recognize, or apprehend clearly. 2. to distinguish; to recognize as distinct or different. One of the crucial aspects to spiritual growth—perhaps the most important—is spiritual discernment, the ability to see clearly, to be able to recognize differences in matters of spirit and heart. And, as important as it may be, I… Read More »
The Best Things in Life
It is a paradox: many of the very best–the most valuable–things in life are free; but they may not be easily or casually appreciated. Many a valuable gift is wasted on someone who does not know how to properly receive it: the faithful love of a good woman is wasted on a stupid and self-absorbed… Read More »
Can’t you satisfy my longing at last?
Can’t you satisfy my longing at last? The question was found in the diary of thirteen-year-old Anne Frank, written in 1944, shortly before she and her family were discovered by the Nazis and eventually killed. Anne and her family were Jews living in hiding with a Christian family in the Netherlands. Anne had been writing… Read More »
Free Will, My Will, Thy Will
1-22-19 Free Will, My Will, Thy Will How you have fallen from heaven, Lucifer, Son of the Dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God…I will… Read More »
Looking Ahead and Steering a Course
Looking Ahead and Steering a Course Recently someone suggested that rather than write “a year in review,” I write “a year in anticipation.” So, I’d like to start the New Year by thinking about future. What lies before us? What are the challenges? And, what kind of people is God calling us to be? … Read More »
1-2-20: Pace
Pace The Psalmist teaches us to pray: “Lord, teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” If the Psalmist were living today, and a typically modern person, he might pray something quite different: “Lord, teach us to number our days that we may fit one more thing in our… Read More »
Advent
Advent There is no Christian Holy Day as at odds with the culture as Christmas. For example, we begin celebrating Christmas with the first Sunday in Advent (usually the first Sunday after Thanksgiving); I saw stores decorating for Christmas and offering Christmas “specials” before Halloween. Another big difference is in the mood of Christmas… Read More »
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving The Scriptures, saints, and experience all agree that if there is a secret to living the Christian life, it is the cultivation of a thankful heart. No one can be both grateful and angry; both thankful and judgmental. Anyone can begin to practice gratitude; you don’t have to be smart or strong—just willing. A… Read More »
INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW!
INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW! The first Sunday we worshiped in our new Sanctuary, a young college student was home for a visit and came to church with her family. She was pleased with the new paint and carpet and the freshness and beauty of the room. However, she immediately asked her mother what the… Read More »
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