It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a village to live for Christ. Over the past two weeks, life has been chaotic. A good chaos but chaos nevertheless. As many of you well know, there is no way to truly prepare to welcome a newborn into...
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and...
It’s hard to believe we are in the final week of March! April is just around the corner with Easter and things are starting to turn green. It was such a joy to get outside yesterday and enjoy nature! As we turn this final corner in our countdown to Easter,...
There is something wonderful about warmer temperatures and longer sunlight! This time of year is one of my favorites (with an extra strong pot of coffee in hand after the time change!). The weather is beginning to change, the flowers are starting to poke through the dirt, and I suddenly...
As much as I dislike snow, I find myself really enjoying the beauty out my office window this morning. One can’t help but enjoy the pristine elegance of white fields dotted by snow covered trees. I know it will melt and turn to slush but for the moment even I,...
We started our service yesterday singing the line God “brings our chaos back into order” and that indeed felt like the theme of the morning for me! But what good chaos is was, for the most part. Six baptism with six extremely enthusiastic youths! While the sound system had a...
Yesterday was an important day in my relationship with my wife. It was eight years ago on February 3rd I got down on one knee and asked her a very important question – where she wanted to go for dinner 🙂 No, I got down on one knee in a...
I sat down with my phone last night and opened my calendar app. As I sat on the couch scrolling day-by-day through the coming week, I mentally thought through the appointments and events to prepare for what was to come. I tend to do this most Sunday evenings—look at where...
It’s the final countdown! A week from today, we’ll be gathering at 6:00 pm for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service which will officially usher in the start of our Christmas! A week from tomorrow we will be celebrating with our family and friends the joyous advent of Jesus on earth!...
Yesterday we began our adventure through Advent. I believe I said we all desire adventure…I don’t think I actually said I was hoping for one yesterday but I got one nevertheless! We rushed out of church yesterday because we had made lunch plans with the in-laws with the intention of...