Bless this Home: Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness 

April 27, 2025  It can sometimes be a challenge to raise kids, have a good marriage, or get along with your family. That’s why we’re starting a three-week series that I’m so excited about called “Bless this home.” We want our home and family blessed! This series is based on the Beatitudes in Matthew 5.Continue reading “Bless this Home: Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness “

Easter: Life After the Letdown 

April 20, 2025  Today the sun is shining, and it’s a beautiful day to celebrate Easter! But you don’t get to Easter without the cross. We have extra crosses around church during Lent leading up to Easter. At Trinity we have a wooden cross here. We have three crosses outside that light up at night! At St. Peter’sContinue reading “Easter: Life After the Letdown “

Palm Sunday: “In the Name of the Lord”

April 13, 2025 Today is Palm Sunday, the day Jesus rides up to Jerusalem for the final week of his life. And it becomes a parade for Jesus where people recognize he comes from God. The people praise him! They think he’s great! They say, “Blessed is the King…” And Jesus, for once, isn’t tellingContinue reading “Palm Sunday: “In the Name of the Lord””

Overflowing Generosity: A Servant Anoints the King 

April 6, 2025  My generosity journey started with me being angry and afraid of generosity. I was a pastor in my 30s, Kevin and I had kids and student loans and car loans. I heard a pastor named Bill Easum say that a pastor of a church needs to tithe 10% to their church. TheyContinue reading “Overflowing Generosity: A Servant Anoints the King “

The Lost Son, His Angry Brother and Finding Joy! 

March 30, 2025  Have you ever seen a parent yell loudly at their kid in the grocery store? You look to see what’s going on, why are they so upset? The kid seems to just be behaving like a typical kid. Everyone in the store gets quiet. It’s uncomfortable. It seems like the parent is overreacting. WeContinue reading “The Lost Son, His Angry Brother and Finding Joy! “

Turn to God 

March 23, 2025  You might sit here today look around and think “Everybody looks good. Their lives must be perfect.” But you can’t just look at someone and know what’s going on. Like, you don’t know that I got stopped by the police a week ago. Now you know! I didn’t come to a fullContinue reading “Turn to God “

Sorrow over Jerusalem 

March 16, 2025  Have you ever been misidentified? Someone thought of you as something you weren’t? When I was younger, and a pastor, a few times a stranger stopped by church to drop something off, while talking with me said, “Oh, I didn’t know you were the pastor. I thought you were the office girl.”Continue reading “Sorrow over Jerusalem “

Tempted in the Wilderness 

March 9, 2025  Today we’re starting a new sermon series, Following Jesus on the Road to the Cross. We start today with Jesus tempted in the wilderness. I can really relate to temptation! If there’s candy sitting right in front of me, I REALLY want it. If I put it where I won’t see it,Continue reading “Tempted in the Wilderness “

Abraham and Sarah: Faithless or Faithful? 

March 2, 2025  We’re continuing to look at some married couples in the Old Testament, to learn from their mistakes and successes. Today we’re looking at Abraham and Sarah.  In life, we all need to make some big decisions. What kind of job am I interested in? Who should I marry? Should I have kids, ifContinue reading “Abraham and Sarah: Faithless or Faithful? “

Ahab and Jezebel: Power Struggle 

February 23, 2025  We’re continuing our sermon series on marriage in the Bible, finding what we can learn from their mistakes and successes! Last week we talked about Jacob and Leah (and Rachel). That was a complicate relationship. We learned what to do about dissatisfaction in marriage. If you’re hoping you married the perfect person,Continue reading “Ahab and Jezebel: Power Struggle “