by joe | May 17, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
Let me be honest. Life change is very scary! Yet when there is no change there is no growth. Think about this for a moment… Every advancement in your life required change. We should not be surprised that Jesus calls His followers to embrace Biblical change. Our SDAP...
by joe | May 10, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
It seems like almost everything has a shelf life or is designed for obsolescence. It could be the container of milk in the fridge or the dish washer that conveniently breaks a couple days after the warranty has expired. The expiration dates remind us that much of the...
by joe | Apr 26, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
I love to read biographies of followers of Jesus. My heart has been challenged and motivated as I have read of their forward progress for Jesus. So the question that I am asking is this, “What is different between them and those that accomplish little to nothing?”...
by joe | Apr 19, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
They say that one of the challenges of flying a plane is when you lose view of the horizon. It is the horizon that helps you to say oriented, or in the case of darkness or poor visibility, your instruments. The loss of the horizon or the inability to pilot by...
by joe | Apr 13, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
Have you ever asked yourself the question, “What would you do if you knew you only had one year to live?” Now I know that the knowledge of impending death would change the way that I live now. I know it would change my how I spent my time and how I treated people. I...
by joe | Apr 5, 2018 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
“Oh why do people waste their breath inventing dainty names for death?” questions poet John Betjeman in his poem “Graveyard.” I would think that most of us invent “dainty names” because we do not want to face up to the reality of death. So we will often dance around...