As you know if you were here last week, Bev has been pretty sick.  In fact, she had to call a substitute for her class on Monday and Tuesday.  She went into work today (Wednesday).  She had voiced a concern that she might not have the strength to make it through her day.

As I was making my way to my car, I thought I should go back and pray for her – I ignored the thought (I know, I am a terrible husband).  In my defense, I have prayed with her about her illness a few times before, but I ju...

Did you know that Jesus is back?  Five of him in fact!  Gosh, I knew the world was in trouble…….

One of them, Jose Luis d Jesus Miranda, has been around for a while and claims he is really the “antichrist”, but that we have misinterpreted what “anti” really means.  In fact, according to Miranda, “anti” really means another.  Which begs the question:  Is he Jesus, or just another?  Let this answer your question – he has told his followers they need to have “666” tattooed...

At one point during the many hours Jesus was on the cross, He cried out Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani (My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? Mark 15:34).  Some say He was simply quoting Psalm 22:1, but I believe it was much, much more than just that.

Isaiah explains that our sin causes a separation from God:
But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.  Isaiah 59:2 (NIV).

From the sixth hour of the day (about noo...

We are here taught the great lesson, that to get, we must give; that to accumulate, we must scatter; that to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and that in order to become spiritually vigorous, we must seek the spiritual good of others. In watering others, we are ourselves watered. How? Our efforts to be useful, bring out our powers for usefulness. We have latent talents and dormant faculties, which are brought to light by exercise. Our strength for labour is hidden even from ou...

We had some people over for a get together on Monday night, I grilled some burgers and everyone brought a side dish or desert.  We had lots of fun and as everyone was leaving they expressed sincere appreciation for us hosting and grilling.  I immediately begin to “deflect” their compliments.  After they had left I found myself wondering why I did that.  The appreciation was sincere and it was appropriate – I would have done the same.  In fact, some of my deflecting the compliments was t...

Bev and I had a great time with our family, and it’s nice to be back home.

We are about to embark on and exciting time in the life of our church.  As we explained in the letter you should have received and in the bulletin a couple weeks ago, we are going to start a coaching relationship with Andy Beottcher for the next year.  I really do not know what that is going to look like, we will all learn that together.  One of the first things I believe we need to do and what I am going to ask ...

It’s THAT time once again.

The time we turn our attention to the new fiscal year (starts October 1^st).  October sounds like a long way off, but the Leadership Team has to start now in order to make sure we are ready.  So here’s how it works:

We need you to start praying.  Pray about whom to nominate for the Leadership Team.  Pray for the current LT, to formulate a realistic budget for next year.  Pray thanks to God for all He has done this year and pray asking for guidance for what H...

There is a term for a patient that is beyond medical care- it is not a true medical term.  The term is “circling the drain”.  If you were to watch the news – regardless of whether it is a conservative station or a liberal one the message is the same.  The other guys are causing this country to circle the drain.  There are wars and rumors or wars, pestilence, pollution, civil liberties are threatened, and institutions we have counted on for generations are disintegrating before our eyes....

Occasionally, I hear someone talk about their faith in terms of it being a private thing – Just between them and God.  Most of the time I hear this (you guessed it), I want to throw up.

Certainly there is a part of your faith that is strictly between you and God.  When God deals with an area of sin in your life, you are not required to share it with anyone.  Sometimes God tells us things that we are supposed to keep to ourselves.  In my walk with God, I have found that these times are rare...