Help!
Text: Psalm 40:11-17; Matthew 26:36-39; Good morning friends! We find ourselves in the season of Pentecost. The season of the Holy Spirit. Those first disciples…
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Again & Again, the Sun Rises
Text: Mark 16: 1-8 Three women made their way to a lonely tomb just after sunrise… Have you ever thought about a sunrise? Scientifically speaking,…
Again & Again, We Are Called to Listen
Text: Mark 8:31-9:8 I have been thinking this week about my grandfather. A little less than a year ago he died and in the weeks…
No Christmas Without Joy and Acceptance
All through this Advent season we are exploring the complicated family tree of Jesus of Nazareth Matthew shares with us. Their stories are a legacy…
Singing in the Valley
Text: Psalm 23 and Psalm 98:1-3 In May of this year, my family gathered in northwest Iowa to bury my grandpa. I stood in front…
An Altogether Hope
Text: 1 Peter 1: 3-6, 9-15,22 Keep awake! Get ready! Prepare yourselves! These are the words that fly at us from the scriptures for this…
Mystery: Disoriented
Text: Job 1:1, 2:1-10 Throughout this month of November, we are going to be exploring the mystery of God’s presence and power and how unbelievable…
Lamentations and Investments
I must confess it was difficult to pick just one passage from Jeremiah and in the light of the events of this week, I wasn’t…