by joe | Jun 22, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
All of us deal with deadlines. It could be renewing our car tabs, getting our kids to a practice or projects at work. I don’t think anyone ever thinks that the deadline or the obligation will go away. We instead choose to procrastinate, to our own peril. I do find it...
by joe | Jun 22, 2017 | Newsletter
It has been a couple weeks since we have released our Newsletter. The first week, I was back celebrating our son-in-law’s graduation from Medical School. The second week was spent on my back recovering from a bug I picked up along the way. It does feel great to be...
by joe | Jun 1, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
I am sitting here asking myself, “Where has the past week gone?” It has been a busy week. It hit me that touching the lives of others involves work, actually hard work. Jesus modeled that in His life and I have experienced it too in serving Jesus, and so will you....
by joe | Jun 1, 2017 | Newsletter
Whew! It has been a busy week. I am happy that the Soccer Camp postcards are in the mail and the Cleat Camp website has been updated. We are ready for player registrations. I want to say Thank You to Steve F., Gordon G., Tyna H., Elizabeth H., Dena E. and Pastor...
by joe | May 25, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
It is easy for us to get sucked into the cultural, and many times un-biblical, way of thinking about positions of authority. Yet, Jesus challenges His followers to be different than others. His challenge is that great leadership is built upon great “servantship!”...
by joe | May 25, 2017 | Newsletter
Thanks Pastor Zac for ministering God’s Word this past Sunday. We have an incredible team at Living Hope. I was blessed as he focused on John 13 and giving us some background to the passage. I so appreciate he and Carol and all that they do! We had a great...
by joe | May 18, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
We often will make excuses to justify not doing something. I hear a lot of excuses as a Pastor. I am sure this is true for anyone in a position of authority. Would you be surprised to learn that Jesus does not accept excuses for not obeying God’s Word? I recently came...
by joe | May 18, 2017 | Newsletter
What a great weekend! It is always special when we honor Mothers as well as have a Baby Dedication. Gals, our ladies retreat is this week. It begins Thursday evening and will end Saturday. I hope that you will be attending. Don’t let the Devil tempt you to make an...
by joe | May 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
I believe that it is safe to say that we all think highly of ourselves. It is easy to believe that our opinions and preferences are the only ones that matter. This over-estimation usually reveals itself in personal conflicts with others. This is a trap that even the...
by joe | May 11, 2017 | Newsletter
Just a reminder that this weekend is Mother’s Day. I hope that you will make a point to do something special for your mom. Probably the best thing might be just to visit and call. Those times together become more special as our parents age! Thanks to everyone that was...
