January 25, 2022 It’s almost time for the Olympics. AGAIN. The winter Olympics is less than two weeks away! If it seems like we just had the Olympics, that’s because the 2020 summer Olympics was postponed until summer 2021. Now we’re having the on-time Winter Olympics. Athletes are going to have a real challenge. First, they have to be in top form for theContinue reading “New Beginning: New Mind”
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New Beginning: A New Heart
January 16, 2022 I’m so excited, we’re starting our new sermon series on the idea of New Beginnings! We are hitting the reset button in our life or areas in our life that aren’t going the way we want. It’s about taking time to refocus on the most important things in life and starting someContinue reading “New Beginning: A New Heart”
The road less travelled
Jan. 2, 2021 Somewhere along the way in the story of the three Magi who came to visit Jesus, they get a little more important. We say they are the three kings, although it doesn’t say they were kings in our gospel reading today, Matthew 2. Instead, it says they were Magi: astrologers who studiedContinue reading “The road less travelled”
Where is Jesus?!
Dec. 26, 2021 Somewhere along the way, Mary and Joseph lost sight of 12-year-old Jesus! Nazareth was 60 miles from Jerusalem, and they walked there on foot to celebrate Passover. The whole trip was more than two weeks. It took at least three days to walk to Jerusalem, the Passover festival lasted a week, and thenContinue reading “Where is Jesus?!”
Christmas: A New Beginning
Christmas Eve, 2021 Everyone celebrates Christmas a little differently. Do you open presents on Christmas eve? Do you open them Christmas day? Do you celebrate more than one Christmas? Many years again when I was in the volunteer service in Seattle, we volunteers lived together in the same house. We opened our presents from homeContinue reading “Christmas: A New Beginning”
Missing Peace: I’m in a hurry!
December 12, 2021 Here is a Christmas cookie joke: why don’t gingerbread men have teeth? Because of ginger-vitis! We are in week three of our message series: missing peace. The first week we learned when we have a negative thought to replace it with a promise of peace: I can do all things Christ whoContinue reading “Missing Peace: I’m in a hurry!”
Missing Peace Part 1: Peace like a River
Nov 28, 2021 If you’re a little kid, eating an ice cream cone, and the ice cream falls off on the sidewalk you might start bawling. It’s understandable! I cried a lot when I was a kid. But if you’re an adult, and your ice cream falls and you start bawling, that’s unusual. Because usually we get some perspective over time: it’s not the endContinue reading “Missing Peace Part 1: Peace like a River”
Why is it hard to be grateful?
November 22, 2021 In my neighborhood, when you find a parking spot it is a source of happiness! Years ago, when Kevin and I were looking for a house to buy in Tamaqua, I looked at the parking situation, and I thought, we need to get a house with a two-car garage. Lucky enough, weContinue reading “Why is it hard to be grateful?”
Why can’t I change?
November 9, 2021 Have you ever wanted to make a significant change in your life, and you try, and you try to change, but you can’t? Is anybody ever frustrated with that? Today we are going to look at a truth from Scripture that may help you with the change you can’t seem to make. Because sometimes we get stuck. Sometimes whatContinue reading “Why can’t I change?”
I’m out of control!
Week 1 of Greater Reward October 31, 2021 I’m guessing that there are many of you that want something different in your life. Maybe you want to be healthy and lose weight. You might want to pay off debt. You might want a better relationship with your spouse, or another family member or friend. Or maybe you’re hoping to becomeContinue reading “I’m out of control!”
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