You Are Loved

You Are Loved

You Are Loved Mark 1:4-11 “Sticks and Stone may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Who made up that lie? Every one of us can recall something painful that someone has either said about us or to us, but we’d rather not because that also recalls the...
Making Room For Jesus

Making Room For Jesus

Christmas Eve Luke 19:1-10 Song: Joy to the World Most of us have ridden a moving sidewalk at an airport.  They are designed to move you through the airport quicker. Some people use them that way.  They will continue to walk on the moving sidewalk and save time. But...
Advent 4 Bringing Our Best to Jesus

Advent 4 Bringing Our Best to Jesus

Matthew 25-14-30 What if you took your child or grandchild to the emergency room because she was complaining about abdominal pain and the emergency room doctor determined that she had appendicitis and needed surgery. Then the doctor surprisingly said, “We have a...
Christmas is About Reconciliation

Christmas is About Reconciliation

Advent 2 December 9, 2018 Christmas is About Reconciliation Colossians 1:19-23 Recently, Aaron Rogers, the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, gave $1,000,000 to victims of the fires in one of the California communities near the area where he grew up and played...
Today Could Be Your Bethlehem

Today Could Be Your Bethlehem

Advent 1 Today Could be Your Bethlehem Matthew 2:1-12 I have a pastor friend that was adopted into a wonderful family as a baby.  His parents never hid the fact from him that he was adopted.  They wanted him to embrace the story of his life and of their love for him...
The Significance of Leftovers

The Significance of Leftovers

November 25, 2018 The Significance of Leftovers Mark 4:30-34 Mark 8:14-21 For all of the school teachers present today, here is something that should make you feel good about your profession.  Of the 90 times that Jesus is addressed in the gospels, 60 times he is...