Nehemiah: Renewing Our Commitment
Text: Nehemiah 8:5-10; 9:1-3, 38; 10:28-29 Last week, we talked about some of the opposition that the builders and Nehemiah faced while building the wall. …
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They Stood Up
Text: Numbers 27:1-11 Friends, can we all admit that this is a very big book and that 99.9% of us don’t know its stories from…
Breaking the Rules
As children, our understanding of right and wrong, good and bad, and the direction of our moral compass is shaped by our parents, grandparents, aunts,…
Sermon on the Mount: Jesus’ Version of the Law
When we head back home to Cedar Rapids, one of the things that I like to do, as long as the weather is warm, is…
J&MES: Mercy & Judgment
I love to play games. Board games, video games, card games… One of my favorite ways to spend time with family is to grab a…
Finding Faith at the Lunch Table
If I think back to the first moment when faith sunk in deep into my life, it would be sitting around a lunch table at…
The Side of the Road
I had an experience last week that deeply shook me. My dad asked me to come help him move farm equipment as he moved from…
Loving Your Neighbor…Now
(Community Worship in the Park) It is so beautiful out, and all of you look so wonderful gathered here in community. Although it takes some…