In our scripture lesson today, Paul gives us his ”Ten Commandments of Christian Community”: Love must be sincere—or as Eugene Peterson put it in his Message translation, “Love from the…
What is your favorite thing about Christmas? In an effort to get better at technology, this week I used an app called Poll Everywhere to ask 25 people from our…
“For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.” What a powerful statement! If there’s one thing I hope people can say about us here…
Last week my husband Phil and I were on vacation up in New England. On our first full day, we stopped in the afternoon for ice cream at Friendly’s. There…
There were two groups of Christians in the early church, who came at things from very different perspectives. The first “on-ramp” to the Christian way was by being Jewish. The…
The American poet Maya Angelou wrote, “I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles three things: a rainy day, lost…
Last week Pastor Dorry introduced our study on the Book of Romans and told you that it was my idea...that I love the book of Romans. And she was right..I…
About 3,000 new converts in one day. Can you imagine that? What a spectacular success! Peter preached to the crowd gathered on Pentecost, and explained the gospel to them. The…
Jesus was not sending these 70 people on vacation, that’s for sure!Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals...what??? If I was going away and those were my instructions, I would…