What do you think God is like? That’s a bit of a loaded question, and yet it’s an important question. Our perception of God is often dependent on God’s representatives, but that’s not always a good thing. Sometimes representatives don’t represent the way they should. So what happens then? How do you change the perception? […]
Have you ever heard the old adage, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me”? It’s not true, is it? We’ve all had words wound us, and we’ve all also had words build us up. In today’s message we learn about the power of encouraging words.
There is a space between you and every other person…. and that space gets filled with something. We might fill it with grace, joy, goodwill, or patience if it’s someone we know and love. We might also fill the space with indifference, apathy, hatred or frustration if it’s someone we don’t know. In short, we […]
Circles are better than rows. Do you believe that? Jesus did. In fact, Jesus spent the majority of his time on earth in a circle of 12 men who would go on to change the world. And do you know how his first followers changed the world? By getting in circles and spreading the Gospel […]
Imagine driving down the road with your face smashed against the rearview mirror. Sounds dangerous doesn’t it? Sometimes in life we spend a bit too much time looking at our past the same way. In this message we discuss how to better view our past.
The last presidential election was one of most contentious elections in modern history. Since President Trump’s inauguration, tensions haven’t settled down – with mud-slinging on both sides of the political aisle. With our country on edge, how can Christians respond in a way that doesn’t sacrifice what’s most important: a commitment to following Jesus. In […]
What do you guard? Your house? Your keys? You wallet? In the process of guarding lots of things, sometimes we miss out on guarding the most important thing.
Have you made your New Year’s resolutions for 2017 yet? Resolutions are funny because they admit that there’s another version of me that I’d like to claim this year. The problem is, we all fail at resolutions. We know life would be better if something could change in our lives, but we don’t know how […]
Have you ever experienced the the post-Christmas letdown? It happens almost every year – there is so much energy that goes into the Christmas season that, when it’s all over, it life feels a little disappointing. But what if it doesn’t have to be that way? What if we could exhale and catch a glimpse […]
Christmas is a season for wanting. We come up with our wish lists of things we want, and we wait expectantly for Christmas morning to see if what we want is wrapped under the tree. As good as it is to want something, there are times when our wanting leads us to missing the thing […]