An Invitation to Pray
Who taught you to pray? Do you remember the kinds of things you prayed for when you were a kid? I found some great prayers the other day. Johnny prayed,…
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We Love Each Other
Would you rather be Right? Or Loving? What is the #1 best thing we can do for the world right now? In 2007, a book was released called “Jim and…
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Pride & Love In a classic book entitled “Humility,” Andrew Murray once wrote…. Hidden pride lives in self-seeking, self-will, self-confidence, and self-exaltation which stops the soul from entering the kingdom,…
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Faith and Questions When I was young, my mom used to point to the small things around us and use them to teach us about God. About how the birds…
Who Taught You How to Pray?
Learning to Pray I’ve got a quick question for you: Who taught you how to pray? A few weeks ago our son turned 15 which means he got his learner’s…
The Good News as a Verb
In her amazing book entitled, Not Ashamed, Rev. Fleming Rutledge makes this profound statement: “It can’t be said too often: if the story of Jesus of Nazareth had ended with…
The Good News as Our Mission
Why are you here? This past week I was thinking about some of the good news stories I’ve been hearing. One of my favorites involves one of our members who…
Moved to Awaken
Awake I have a confession to make. I don’t know how many of you struggle with this. I didn’t use to struggle with this, but the older I get the…
Believing Together
The Power of Believing Together What’s going to happen next? One night this past week my daughter Ella Grace was sitting next to me & we were reading a book…