Every week I sit down and write a blog post about my pastor’s sermon. I’m going to do it a little differently today. I’m going to give you the scripture reference and then give you just a few things that I took away from the sermon. 4Each of you should look not only to your …
Worthy
Our Sunday morning service normally starts with music as we begin our worship service. But in this morning, there was no music, no singing. I am in the praise band and I choose to use music in my personal worship time. But as our pastor, Jon Porter, pointed out this morning, music or singing are …
How Then Shall We Live?
In an imperfect world, we need to find the peace that only God provides. Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Catastrophe strikes and life falls apart. Where do we turn for guidance through the lies, the violence, racism, political bashing, and fear of the pandemic that is facing us? Lives have been lost and many are …
Let’s Not Let Fear Consume Us
Be prepared for the people to be searching for God. What can you do to reach out to them? We are living in unprecedented times for many of us. We've never dealt with being sheltered in place or quarantined before. The only time I can remember anything close is when we had a blizzard and …
What Are You Doing Here?
Bible and coffee. Image by mnplatypus from Pixabay I'm really not sure why, but this blog post was tougher to write than most. That's why it's taken me so long to post it. It seems like the world is shutting down. Schools are closed or operating remotely and so are many churches. Fortunately, we were …