1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life,[a] and the life...
So, here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him. Don’t...
Dear friends, I have been blessed to be with you this past month and to have gotten a chance to meet many of you and to have had opportunities to get to know some of you better. I have discovered positive relationships in our church and the elements that really make...
Rush, rush, rush. Hurry, hurry, hurry. Is this the way you feel some days? Is this the way your days are sometimes? I know that I have days and weeks and even months that feel and are this way. Then I remember a passage that is meant to bring me to a stop. It...
April is upon us and Easter, along with spring, which began in March, is bringing us flowers, green grass, buds on the trees and more time outside. What are you going to do to celebrate Easter this year? Easter is the most important holiday, or Holy Day, in the...
Many years are known for something that happens during the year or an individual whose actions or personality had an immense impact on the year. I am sure that this last year will be remembered by the word, COVID-19. For me a different word is going to be what marks...
We are in the Season of Lent, and many of us are looking forward to Easter, not only for the joyous celebration that is Easter but also for the signs of spring that come along with our Easter celebrations. We’re already seeing the longer days, the sun feels a bit...
A year ago I was telling some people that I was looking forward to 2020 because after wearing glasses for 60 years I was thinking how nice it would be not to need glasses any-more or at least for a year. A few people laughed, a few people groaned and a couple of...
Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[a] I will fear...