Last night in Disciple Bible Study, we very timely read the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew. As a class, we wrestled with the implications of such contradictory phrases: being salt and light, letting the whole world see the witness of our life – vs – praying and fasting and even almsgiving in secret. How…
Kenotic Words
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Celebration of our Present
Instead of preaching this Sunday, we shared some videos about the life of our church and the process we are in. ENJOY!
Clearing the Clutter
Look at what I’ve done for you today: I’ve placed in front of you Life and Good Death and Evil… I call Heaven and Earth to witness against you today: I place before you Life and Death, Blessing and Curse. Choose life so that you and your children will live. And love GOD, your God,…
Narrowing our Focus
This week, we continue our journey with the Corinthians. As we learn together from their mistakes, we can overcome some of the roadblocks and realities we face as a church. Last week, we talked about how mishandled conflict can divide the church and even in seasons of peace… like we are experiencing now… past conflict…
The Winners, The Losers, and The Foolish
A young rabbi found a serious problem in his new congregation. During the Friday service, half the congregation stood for the prayers and half remained seated, and each side shouted at the other, insisting that theirs was the true tradition. Nothing the rabbi said or did moved toward solving the impasse. Finally, in desperation, the…
Potential Energy
I must admit that growing up, I was a bit of a science nerd. What can you expect from the girl who wanted to be a meteorologist? But I think the best part of science were the experiments – the hands on exploration of concepts. Because I saw it happen, I believed it. Because I…
You Are Mine…
Baptism begins with repentance. This water is cleansing water. By diving in, by letting this water pour over our finger tips, we are saying that we want to live differently. A strange man named John was led to call people to repentance. He set up camp there at the Jordan River and people were so…
Love… gotta have it!
The Sunday that I traveled up to Cherokee, my nine-year-old cousin Taylor was baptized. One afternoon, she came home very upset from school. You see, one of her best friends at school had asked her that day if she had been baptized. Taylor wasn’t sure, and her little friend responded: If you aren’t baptized, you…