One Good Empty Thing

One Good Empty Thing

Sunrise Service April 12, 2020 Over the past six weeks, life has felt empty for a lot of people, and a good reason. Everywhere you go, everywhere you look, life has been emptied of our regular routines. Schools are empty. Playgrounds for children are abandoned....
The Church Has Left the Building

The Church Has Left the Building

The Church Has Left the Building April 5, 2020 It’s Palm Sunday. On Palm Sunday our children come down the aisle in the traditional service and wave palm branches, reminding us of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, as the people sang Jesus’...
Living With God During Anxious Times

Living With God During Anxious Times

Living With God During Anxious Times Philippians 4:6-7 Matthew 6:25-27 Everywhere you look, anxiety is running high. Anxiety is characterized by feelings of tension and worrying thoughts. Some people feel a sense of impending doom. When people are anxious, some...
Living With God Through the Exile

Living With God Through the Exile

Living With God Through the Exile March 22, 2020 Jeremiah 24 Since we met last Sunday the Covid-19 virus has been labeled a Pandemic.  There are now 316, 506 cases with 13,599 deaths and those numbers change by the hour. This crisis is unlike anything we have seen...
Irrational Faith

Irrational Faith

Isn’t Faith Irrational? Luke 9:28-36 March 15, 2020 Every week it seems that we there is something new in our world to digest with the Coronavirus, wild stock market swings, social distancing, and people being quarantined. In many cases, all we need is a little...
‘Ole Time Religion?

‘Ole Time Religion?

‘Ole Time Religion? Matthew 10:34-42 Several years ago, I sat on a swing with my father-in-law looking across a dirt road into a field that he used to plow with a mule when he was a boy. As we sat in the shade, he asked, “Can you imagine walking behind a...