Tuesday Notes

Church Family, Centuries ago, churches and academic institutions began to appreciate the wisdom of giving professors and ministers time for personal and professional renewal. This wasn’t considered a vacation benefit for the Sabbath-taker, it was seen as an investment into the long-term health of the organization. In the modern context,...

Question for you: Are you trying to be a Christian today, or are you training to be a Jesus follower today? We’re in the midst of a sermon series entitled “The Practice” wherein we are looking at five different practices that enable us to live a Christ-centered, Spirit-filled life. Spiritual...

Friends, if you were not in worship this past Sunday morning, I truly want to encourage you to take a few minutes to listen to the message from this past week. I almost never say this; not because I don’t want you to do so if you’d like to, but...

Church Family, Psalm 133 verse 1 reads: “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.” On Sunday morning we were able to experience a bit of what the Kingdom of Heaven will look like as Christian brothers and sisters from different ethnicities, nations, and socio-economic...

I have had a friend in ministry since 1987 named Tony. He is more than 15 years my senior, and he made some unconventional choices in the 1990’s: he participated in watered-down apple juice-only fasting for several periods of 25 days, he carried a 16” yoke everywhere he went for...

On Sunday morning in worship we continued in our current sermon series “Deep Living in a Shallow Culture” as we studied the way the Apostle Paul addresses the church in the city of Corinth on the topic of quarrels and divisions. Disagreements and potential divisions are an issue for any...

On Sunday morning we wrapped up our very short sermon series entitled “The Possession Parables.” If you missed worship this week, I’d encourage you to listen to the message here. In Matthew chapter 25, Jesus tells his disciples a parable about a Master who entrusted three of his servants with...

This past Sunday was a great morning of worship and prayer as we commissioned the young people of our church to “Walk in Love” (2 John 1:6) during the new school year. The Annual “Blessing of the Backpacks” is a great tradition of the church where we gather around the...

It wasn’t a competition. But if it was, I am pretty sure I lost. A couple weeks ago Chris Griggs gave his “Sex Talk” sermon. I imagine both the title and content received some serious, curious and yet, nuanced, attention. I was on vacation at that time, so I missed...

I am loving our summer study of the books of 1 & 2 Thessalonians. If you have missed either of the first two weeks of the series, you can get caught up here. Part of what I find so compelling about these letters is that the Apostle Paul is writing...