Living With a Contagious Story

Living With a Contagious Story

Acts 26:12-19 August 4, 2019 From the moment we were conceived, we have had a story. The earliest parts of our story were dictated to us by our birth parents.  Things like our physical characteristics, whether we were loved, or were taught to love of God. So there are...

I Place My Life in this Hope

We have a golf cart at our church that the staff uses to move around campus on occasions. It can sit for several days, sometimes for a week or more before we use it. That’s long enough for wasps to find it be a suitable home for their home. Last week I told our...
Living with a Contagious Faith

Living with a Contagious Faith

A Genuine Contagious Faith John 4:27-38 July 28, 2019 A few weeks ago, I got into some poison ivy when I helped my son John load some wood. I got it on my arms and even on my legs, which was surprising because my legs were covered. I read that the poison from the vine...
Here is Water. Should You Be Baptized?

Here is Water. Should You Be Baptized?

Matthew 3:13-17 In the 1994 movie, “The Lion King,” Semba, the lion cub, was forced away from his home and he eventually forgot his calling.  Thanks to Rafiki, the baboon, Semba reclaimed his calling and found his purpose. Rafik took him down to a pool of water and...
I Need to be More Like My Dog

I Need to be More Like My Dog

I Need to Be More Like My Dog Our thirteen-year-old Labrador Retriever, Dixie, died a couple of years ago. We loved our dog! She was a part of our family when our boys were teenagers. After she died, it was the first time in almost 30 years that we had no children and...