Making Room for the Impossible

Making Room for the Impossible

Luke 1:26-38 Dan Peterson is 82 years old.  He lives in Augusta.  Earlier this year his wife died and Dan fell into a deep depression.   He spent six months just sitting in a dark house staring out at the squirrels.  He had no purpose. He wanted to die....
Embracing Gratitude

Embracing Gratitude

November 20, 2016 Matthew 18:21-35 If we lose a heart of gratitude, if affects the way we treat other people and it will ultimately affect the way God treats us. A blind man sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign, which said : “I am...
Embracing Honesty

Embracing Honesty

November 13, 2016 One of my favorite baseball stories doesn’t involve big-name stars on a major league baseball team. It’s about a boy just starting to play the game. The story appeared a few years ago in “Sports Illustrated.” ...
Embracing Our Limitations

Embracing Our Limitations

November 6, 2016 Ezekiel 37:1-10 When Phil Hansen was in art school he developed a shake in his hand so that he could no longer draw a straight line.  He saw this as the destruction of his dream of becoming an artist. ...
Embracing Whosoever

Embracing Whosoever

John 3:16-18 When I was a boy, my father made me a treehouse in a pecan tree behind the house trailer where we lived. One summer a blue jay built a nest in the tree and I would climb up and check on the status of the new tenants. I watched the new arrivals develop...