December 21, 2025 We’re just a few days away from Christmas so I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and express my love and gratitude for your love and all you do! Christmas is a time when we show more love, help and give more. It’s wonderful! Don’t you love all the love?Continue reading “Jesus’ Arrival: The Greatest Love Story of All Time!”
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Joseph and His Amazing…Reponse: God of the Pit
November 9, 2025 We’re starting a new sermon series on Joseph; not Joseph from the Christmas story. Joseph in the Old Testament. Joseph was one of 13 children, and his father’s favorite. His father, Jacob, gave him a beautiful coat. There’s a musical from 50 years ago called Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. TheContinue reading “Joseph and His Amazing…Reponse: God of the Pit”
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””
Why Christmas? To Close the Distance
December 22, 2024 Like many of you, I love Christmas! One reason I’ll be happy on Christmas Day is my family gathering is not complicated. Hopefully you have a family that isn’t complicated. When my parents were living, Kevin, I and our kids often went to Ohio to celebrate Christmas with family. My parents, brotherContinue reading “Why Christmas? To Close the Distance”
Jonah: On the Run from God
October 20, 2024 Are there people you don’t like? People that you can’t get far enough away from? People who, when something great happens to them, you get so mad! They don’t deserve it! We’re human beings and it seems human to feel that way. Then Jesus says in Matthew 5:44 Love your enemies. PrayContinue reading “Jonah: On the Run from God”
Unlikely
September 15, 2024 2 Samuel 9:1-11 When I was in college I studied Russian language. And I was able to study in Leningrad, Soviet Union for four months, with 35 other American students. We ate in the cafeteria. Leningrad is really far north. Vegetables & fruits were limited. You could count on a cucumber orContinue reading “Unlikely”
The Greatest Commandment & the Worst Sins
September 1, 2024 Today we’re talking about sin. What is sin? We don’t usually talk about it in our everyday lives. For instance, parents have rules, and if they are broken, they say to their child, you disobeyed. They don’t say, you sinned! If you break the law, get in trouble, and have to goContinue reading “The Greatest Commandment & the Worst Sins”
The Good News of Jesus Christ
Easter, March 31, 2024 Happy Easter! Today is a beautiful day! But there are times when I wonder, is everything going to be all right? There are times when we all have stress, anxiety, and worry. Do you ever wonder, “Does God care about me?” If you do, you know something about what Jesus’ followersContinue reading “The Good News of Jesus Christ “
The Cross: Chasing Humility
March 3, 2024 Malcolm in the Middle is a TV show from 20 years ago that I enjoyed watching. It’s about a family with 4 kids. The Mom, Lois, thinks she’s always right. It’s hard to live with someone who’s always right, and you’re always wrong. One day she gets a traffic ticket for pullingContinue reading “The Cross: Chasing Humility”
The Cross: Choosing to Lose
February 18, 2024 We’re starting a new Sermon series for five Sundays on the surprising power of the cross! The cross is a central part of our faith. We have crosses in church, on jewelry, in our homes, in cemeteries. The cross is not just a logo. It’s how Jesus died for us: on theContinue reading “The Cross: Choosing to Lose”