Who Is At the Table

Text: Philemon 1:1-17 On Monday night, our Administrative Council gathered to talk about how we are doing as a church and what we wanted to focus on next year. One of the questions before us was: How has Covid-19 impacted your ministry? Of course there were the obvious things… we’re worshipping online, we’ve adapted to

The Real Housewives

Text: Romans 16:1-16 Last week we explored the nuts and bolts of what a house church was, how it functioned, and who was part of it. One of the things I lifted up is that while occasionally they would have had traveling preachers and apostles come visit, for the most part, these communities spent time

Nuts and Bolts

Text: 1 Corinthians 16:15-21 The first thing I want to say is a thank you to Maggie who read our scripture this morning. She had a really boring passage of scripture with a lot of hard names that we almost NEVER read. And she did an awesome job. You know, we almost never read the

Day by Day

Text: Acts 2:42-47 Friday night is game night at my house.  For years it has been an event where friends and family gather, surrounded by food and laughter and love.  Everyone brings something to the table… even if it is just a story or a giggle or themselves.  One of the things that usually happens,

Laboring for God

Well, friends, we made it.  We made it to the final stop on our Summer Road Trip through the national parks and monuments. And today, we actually aren’t too far from home in St. Louis, Missouri at the Gateway Arch National Park. Today on Labor Day Sunday, I chose this location because Gateway Arch National

Aloha!

Text: Isaiah 43:1-2, 18-19; Psalm 139:7-10 Friends, I’m so excited to travel with all of you, virtually, to Hawaii this morning. As many of you know, these islands hold a special place in my heart because my family has been blessed with the opportunity to visit and spend time not only enjoying the sunshine… but

New Every Morning

Text: Lamentations 3:19-33 When I was in high school, my youth group took a summer mission trip to the northwest part of our country. I went to a larger church in Cedar Rapids, so we filled an entire bus with our students and chaperones. Our ultimate destination was Seattle, but along the way we stopped