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Do you remember learning to ride a bike? You need to trust the person helping you ride a bike. You want them to keep holding on and never let go, but they know they need to let go when you are ready. It is hard to learn to ride a bike if you do not trust thatContinue reading “Who do you trust?”

Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary and his wife was really angry. She told him “Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE!” The next morning, he got up early and left for work. When his wife wokeContinue reading “Peace with God”

The story in Matthew chaper 4 of how Jesus called his disciples sounds unbelievable.  Jesus sees James and John, fishing with their father Zebedee. They are not fishing for fun; this is their occupation. They see Jesus and immediately drop their fishing nets and leave their father in the boat to follow Jesus!   That doesn’t sound right. It soundsContinue reading “Follow: Next Steps”

When I was a kid, I had chores to do. My brother and I were supposed to take turns cleaning the bathroom sink. We had a lot of disagreements about whose turn it was. I also remember a time a friend and I made apples with cinnamon and sugar. Then we forgot and left them for a month. WhenContinue reading “One for All”

I don’t understand why everybody wouldn’t want Christianity to be true, even if they’re not Christians. I know that some people don’t like Christians because they’ve been treated poorly by them. There’s some who don’t believe in Christianity, because they were taught something different. But I don’t understand why everyone wouldn’t want Christianity to beContinue reading “God’s Unsettling Love”

Today we are going to talk about the gift of forgiveness. First I’ll tell you a little story about gifts. There were three sons who left home, and all were successful in life. One day they got together and discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother.  The first said, “I built a big houseContinue reading “The Gift of Forgiveness”

When I was growing up my mom wasn’t good at judging how much food to make for a meal to serve everyone. It tended to be there were no leftovers. Once, we had some people over for dinner, and served them on china plates that had no ridge anywhere, they were extra slippy. Mom put the spaghetti onContinue reading “Ending the Scarcity Cycle”

Today we are going to keep staying positive, and the message is about getting your passion back.   You know, we think about passion in marriage, or passion on a honeymoon. In a relationship, after the first year or two, passion can decrease, and you need to work to keep your passion.   We can have passion forContinue reading “Get your passion back!”

Last year I went to the PSEC UCC conference meeting held at West Chester University. It was lunchtime in the cafeteria, and I got my food and was thinking about where to sit. It is fun to sit with people I know. But sometimes it seems like God pushes me to sit with someone I don’tContinue reading “100 Reasons to be Encouraged”

Lake Wobegon was a fictional town in the radio show, “A Prairie Home Companion.” There all the women were strong, all the men were good looking, and all the children were above average.  It is silly to think we all can be or need to be above average. There used to be a lot of emphasis on theContinue reading “Three Truths to Build Your Confidence”