Why should anyone be a Christian? What difference, if any, does it make whether you’re a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, or of some other faith? Aren’t all faiths...
Well, I did it. I finally lost some weight.
No, it’s not all the weight I want to lose. And yes, my face and neck both have the look of a balloon that just l...
Near the end of this service we will partake of Communion together. Please prepare your elements (bread/cracker and juice/wine) before beginning our worship ser...
Our world really misunderstands hope. Often people see it as a desire for something to happen. One of my favorite examples of this kind of hope is in Antiques R...
The four Advent themes are love, joy, peace, and hope. This week we're talking about peace, but I wanted to take a different approach to it. I want to talk abou...
It's Advent. And Christmas will soon be upon us, but it's anything but merry!
Instead of holiday joy, it seems that despair—a sense of hopelessness, no way out...
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
This year as w...
I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and ...
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greate...
Why "weeping for Spurgeon?"
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was, and still remains, a very influential preacher, theologian, and pastor who experienced phenomenal su...
I talk a lot. I’m a preacher, you know, so I talk a lot. It’s amazing to me to find out what actually sticks with people. Sometimes it's stuff I never intended ...
"…the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.'" - John 2:3
We inevitably remember the Wedding Feast at Cana as the story of Jesus’ first miracle. Jo...
