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Lenten Services – Feb. 21-March 20
Lenten Services will be held on Wednesdays at 7pm Feb. 21 - March 20 Lent is a 40-day journey with our Lord to the cross. If you start with the day of Easter and count back on the calendar 40 days (excluding Sundays), you arrive at Ash Wednesday, which marks the...
“Taking Responsibility For Your Life”
It has been said, “It’s easier to be ignorant and reliant, than it is to be informed and responsible.” My sense is that it’s more convenient today to talk about being a victim, than it is to take responsibility for an incident. This is most unfortunate since success...
“When You Hit a Wall”
“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.” - Proverbs 27:1 When tragedy strikes, I often whisper to myself, “Tomorrow is promised to no one.” Sometimes people refer to such times as “hitting a wall,” which usually means something...
“Breaking the Power of the Past”
It’s been said that in the first 40 years of his life, Moses learned to be SOMEBODY. In the next 40 years, while in the desert, Moses learned to be a NOBODY. In the final 40years, during the time of the Exodus, he learned that God was for EVERYBODY! Some might ask,...
“Becoming the Real You”
In the frigid waters around Greenland are countless icebergs, some little and some big. If you observe them carefully, you notice that sometimes the small ice floes move in one direction … while their massive counterparts flow in another. It’s a rather bewildering...
“Tending to Life Below the Surface”
In these days of dry weather, I’ve mostly thought of big trees as having roots that go deep into the soil to support their weight and reach moisture. While that’s true of some trees with deep tap roots, most tree roots don’t go deeper than 6-8 feet. Most trees tend to...
“Why Are Creeds So Important?”
As we come to the ending of the Gospel of Mark in chapter 16, most Bibles conclude with the account of the resurrection in Mark 16:1-8. Some Bibles, however, also include the extra verses of Mark 16:9-20 with a footnote, which will say something like, “The most...
“Could We Have Done Better?”
This Sunday we continue working our way through the Gospel of Mark and hear three accounts of how Jesus is treated when Judas (one of the Twelve Disciples), leads a crowd armed with swords and clubs to arrest Jesus. Then Jesus is brought before the Sanhedrin where he...
“The Hard Choice”
In John 12, Jesus told his disciples, “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!” Yet in the Garden of Gethsemane he prayed, “Abba, Father,...
“When Discouragement Clouds our Way”
Sometimes when people come to faith in Christ, they are led to believe that all of their problems will cease, and hurt, pain and suffering will be things of the past. If someone, somewhere has fed you a line like that … I don’t know any other way to say it … than they...