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We often wish things would change, that someone would offer a class, begin a ministry, help people who ___________ (fill in the blank). How often do we realize that we need to be that “someone”? We are not called to be spectators observing the shakers and movers of this world.... Read More →

The First Commandment instructs us to love the Lord our God first and our neighbor next (just as much as we love ourselves). After being asked by an expert in Hebrew law, “Who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:29) Jesus tells the story of The Good Samaritan and then asks the young man to... Read More →

Christmas is over and the holidays have passed and now we head into the new year. For some the new year means new beginnings and change and it’s exciting. For others the challenges, let downs, and disappointments of 2019 are hanging on and 2020 looks to be more of the same. How... Read More →

Have you ever felt weary and burdened and it seemed your life was coming apart at the seams? If so, you probably were experiencing some stress. Sress is a big issue in many people’s lives but especially so at this time of year. God is aware of that stress in your life. In fact,... Read More →

When was the last time you experienced joy? The kind of joy you can’t contain and that sort of just spills out of you. How much of that joy are you living with today? How would you rate yourself on the joy scale? With joy being a 10 where are you today? Are you at 7 or 9 or maybe... Read More →

The care and safety of Mary and Jesus (our Savior) was entrusted to an ordinary man who received a gift that he neither asked for nor wanted. The importance of Joseph in God’s plan of salvation is unfathomable. As a righteous man, one who honored the law and lived uprightly,... Read More →

Christmas, for all its wonder, festivities and delight, can also bring many stressors. That first Christmas was no different. Despite our impression of a perfect manger scene where all is peaceful and bright, the journey to get there and the circumstances afterward were filled... Read More →

God prefers losers! He prefers people who know their weaknesses and their flaws and admit their mistakes and sins and cry out to Him for help. God specializes in taking losers and nobodies and displaying His power through them. The Bible is full of people like that. Noah had too... Read More →

Jesus told the parable of the sower who scattered seed which fell on varying soil types. Some fell on a beaten path that was too hard for it to take root and birds came and ate the seed. Some fell into shallow rocky soil and started to sprout but couldn’t get rooted deeply, and... Read More →