Author Archives: Maureen Duffy-Guy

December 4, 2022 We’re continuing our message series, “He Shall be Called”. It’s from Isaiah 9:6, which says, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Last weekContinue reading “He Shall be Called: Mighty God”

November 27, 2022 We’re beginning a new message series for Advent called: He shall be called. It comes from the book of the prophet Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, MightyContinue reading “He Shall be Called: Wonderful Counselor”

November 20, 2022 I have a joke for you. How do generals show their gratitude to their troops? They give tanks! Today we’re winding up our message series on virtues. We started with honor. We learned to honor someone before they earn it. Then we talked about perseverance. We learned we’re a success when weContinue reading “Virtue: Choosing Gratitude”

November 13, 2022 We’re in a message series on Virtue. Last week we talked about Honor, next week is on Gratitude, and today we’ll talk about the virtue of perseverance. I want to talk to those of you today who feel like quitting. Maybe you feel like throwing in the towel. It could be youContinue reading “Virtue: Keep on Keepin’ on”

November 6, 2022  We’re almost to the election. It’s in just two more days. The claws are out! The politicians are tearing down their opponents. I will be glad when the election is over! I hope that politicians will be kinder and gentler. We’re all in this together, right?  Today we are talking about honor. I’mContinue reading “Virtue: Showing Honor “

October 30, 2022, Reformation Sunday  A teacher was testing the children in her Sunday school class to see if they understood how you get to heaven. She asked them, “If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me intoContinue reading “Am I Good Enough? “

October 23, 2022 Well, if you ever faced a very difficult situation, and you just knew God could do something about it, but God didn’t, and that confused you, then you will very likely relate to an Old Testament prophet named Habakkuk. I’ll just kind of review what we learned in the past two weeks.Continue reading “Habakkuk: Filled with Awe”

October 16, 2022 We’re in the middle of a series about Habakkuk, he’s one of the 12 minor prophets from the Old Testament. The meaning of Habakkuk’s name might actually be to wrestle or embrace. The book of Habakkuk is about sticking with God in a difficult time. It’s relying on God when you don’tContinue reading “Habakkuk: Believing while in the pit “

October 9, 2022 There are so many questions about life that are very difficult to answer. Like why do we say, “I slept through the night like a baby, when everyone knows a baby wakes up every two hours! Another one of those questions that’s hard to answer is, “Who is Habakkuk?” Habakkuk is aContinue reading “Habakkuk: Where are you God? “

October 2, 2022  How many of you have ever had to train for something or learn something that made you push yourself, but also made you better?  I pushed myself a couple years ago when I started riding my bicycle.  At first, I rode seven miles, and I thought I was amazing! But then my husbandContinue reading “Lightseekers and Tribedwellers “