Posted on Dec 18, 2025 in HomePage, Pastor's Blog |
“Give this command to the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: ‘When you reach the banks of the Jordan River, take a few steps into the river and stop there,’” (Joshua 3:8, NLT).
[Read Joshua 3:1-17 for the full story.]
Forty years before the Jordan crossing, another act of faith took place. Following Israel’s release from captivity in Egypt, God brought the Jewish people to the edge of the Red Sea. God parted the waters of the great sea BEFORE the people passed through on dry land, trusting that God would not allow them to drown.
Posted on Dec 17, 2025 in HomePage, Pastor's Blog |
“Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ” (Ephesians 5:21, NIV).
There was an older couple in the church I once served. The wife had an aggressive form of Multiple Sclerosis which relegated her to a wheelchair for more than thirty-five years. Bill was his wife’s primary caretaker. He bathed her every morning. He pureed her food and fed her. He tended to her every need. Each Sunday, Bill would bring his wife to church.
Posted on Dec 16, 2025 in HomePage, Pastor's Blog |
Read the full story in Mark 9:14-29
Who among us hasn’t spoken the words of the father in Mark’s story? “I believe; help me with my unbelief” (Mark 9:24, NRSV). These are words of honest desperation. In reality, the father is saying, “I believe you can heal my paralytic son, Jesus, but there’s a part of me that has its doubts.”
Posted on Dec 12, 2025 in HomePage, Pastor's Blog |
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:1-9, NIV).
From the first moments of birth, we are encouraged to live independently. A newborn baby must learn to breath on her own once the umbilical cord is cut. Walking is also a rite of passage toward autotomy. A toddler’s first steps open new opportunities to explore God’s creation. Time passes quickly as the child crosses the graduation stage and prepares to leave home.
Posted on Dec 11, 2025 in HomePage, Pastor's Blog |
“For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. So, we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord— for we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-7, NRSV).
The human body is a marvel of God’s handiwork. The blood vessels in just one person could circumnavigate the earth two and a-half times if they were placed end to end. The human nose can detect up to one trillion types of smells. My father used to claim that my mother had the ears of an elephant. She could hear my brother and me getting into trouble from a mile away.
Posted on Dec 10, 2025 in HomePage, Pastor's Blog |
“I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth” (Psalm 121:1-2, NRSV).
“From where will my help come?” (Psalm 121:1, NRSV). What a fascinating question. Ancient wisdom has it that God helps those who help themselves. Pastor Rick Warren disagrees by claiming, “God doesn’t help those who help themselves. He helps those who turn to Him.”
