There’s no optimism like that which a new year brings. Ok, I get it, that’s not true for everybody. But its true for a lot of us. And if a new year brings a lot of hope, how much more does a new decade bring! But (and I’m not trying to rain on your Rose …
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John Wesley is my boy. I don’t know if he feels the same way about me, but I’m a big fan of him. He was short (only about 5’2″) but he was a spiritual giant. He helped to birth a movement that changed the landscape of the entire British Empire and without question shaped the …
Happy Friday Church Family, I so hope this finds you well today! This is a big weekend for us. We’ve been talking the last few weeks about Love – God’s love for us, our love for God, our love for our neighbors, our love for our enemies…it can be heady stuff. But, at the end …
Last week, we touched on the question, “What is the Bible?” Hopefully, that was a little bit helpful. But, it begs another question, “Where does the Bible come from?” At the outset, I’d like to make a disclaimer… I cannot begin to scrape the surface of this question in 500 words. But, I’ll give it …
Where does the Bible come from? (Part 2 of…a few more)Read More »
I’ve always liked to read. From as early as I can remember, books were a part of our family. But the Bible was always one book that I struggled with. Honestly, I just really didn’t know what to do with it. I would sit down to read and I’d make it through a few chapters before I’d start to …
Ah love! What a beautiful thing it is! It comes in all shapes and sizes, colors and creeds. It is blind, but also in living color. It’s applied to everything from spouses to hot dogs to football. We celebrate it, market it, applaud it, congratulate it, belittle it, and write songs about it. But what is love? …
Good morning church family! Wow, what a few weeks it’s been. Maybe you’ve missed my posts – I’ve missed writing them. I enjoy traveling, but I like being home even more. There’s just something about settling into a steady rhythm that I seem to really enjoy. But, isn’t it funny how when God wants to …
1886 was a pretty interesting year. Sears & Roebuck Co. was founded; Robert Louis Stevenson published his acclaimed novel, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”; the first ticker-tape (i.e. confetti) parade was held in New York City after the commemoration of the Statue of Liberty by then President Grover Cleveland; God raised …
In 1727, there was a small community of German Christians known as Moravians huddled together in the Saxony village of Herrnhut. By this time, there were roughly 300 of these Moravians living in close proximity on the property of one Count Niklaus von Zinzendorf. As often happens when that many people live in such close …