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God’s Cliffhangers

The thing about cliffhangers is that the story continues, you just don’t know what’s going to happen next. Which is kind of like our life. You and I are living in a constant cliffhanger. Our stories are not finished, and we do not know how they are going to turn out.

Outshines the Darkness

Good Friday is one of the church’s most holy and certainly the most solemn day. It is the day we face our fears, and chief among them is our fear of death – our own death, the death of the people we love. And this is the day that the hardest teaching Jesus ever gave […]

The Lowest Are Not Low

Sometimes the best lessons don’t happen in words. Sometimes the actions speak louder that words ever can, even if the actions have to be explained afterwards.

Love Will Win.

If you’ve never done it, reading ‘that Passion’, which is a title that applies to any of the gospel accounts of Jesus’s death, is always a powerful thing, and this is true for many reasons. One reason that is perhaps often overlooked is the fact Jesus knew he was going to die. He didn’t run. […]

Jesus Had Boundaries

Did you know that there was a moment in his recorded ministry that Jesus said no to the people who came to him for help? It’s true.

Something Terrible

The worst bit of the bible. (Well, it’s in my bottom ten, to be honest.) …mostly I try to find an image to feature that has some basis on the sermon. But in looking for one for this week, I saw a portion of the internet I’d rather not share and needed to clean my […]

Sabbatical Update

Sabbatical: 5 Stars. Would highly recommend, would visit again.

The Cookies of Our Souls

Some say that the scene in the Gospel of John where Jesus throws a temper tantrum in the Temple is proof positive that He isn’t always about loving his neighbor as himself. There is an alternate explanation, however, and that is this: This is the oldest recorded non-violent protest of totally unacceptable financial justice that […]

Getting Uncomfortable

Sometimes when we have to do a thing that is beautiful, useful, and will help many people, it will also be very uncomfortable for us. Sometimes God calls us to do an uncomfortable thing.

What I’m Meant To Be

The Wilderness takes us out of our comfort zones and away from our usual distractions so we can look inside and ask, “What is keeping me from being the beautiful child of God I’m meant to be?”