by joe | Dec 5, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
Are you hopeful? I need you to be honest with yourself. Are you hopeful? If I was a betting person, and I am not, I would say that you struggle to find hope in your life. The Bible has much to say about being a person of hope. Biblical hope is very different from the...
by joe | Nov 30, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
A few years ago I was sitting in a college Human Development class with one of my kids. I was surprised to observe students browsing Facebook and other social media. The gal in front of me spent the time on Pinterest looking at boots. It reminded me of how we as...
by joe | Nov 22, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
The top news yesterday was a senseless act of evil in Chicago. The media pushed into our lives is a constant stream that reminds us that we live in a broken world. We are bombarded with the consequences of anger and of selfishness. If we are not careful, the noise...
by joe | Nov 15, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
How would you respond to this question if you could only answer with a ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ “Would you be content with food, water and shelter?” What is your response, ‘yes I would be content” or “no I would not be content.” You might be surprised on how the Bible would...
by joe | Nov 9, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
Contentment can be described many different ways. We can speak of happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment and even our purpose or meaning in life. At the end of the day these and other descriptions reflect a lack of contentment. We should not be surprised that the Bible...
by joe | Nov 1, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
You don’t have to be too involved in our world right now to know that things, politically, are a mess. Now part of it is stimulated by the run up to a contentious election. But I am not talking about one parties’ perspective but the atmosphere of near hatred between...
