Posts from 2017

As Thanksgiving approaches and especially on Thanksgiving Day individuals and families reflect on what they have to be thankful for in the past year. There are many families that have had significant events that have taken place. For    instance a loved one who was in serious condition and was not expected to    survive but with God’s guiding grace the doctors and the nurses were able to pull them through. Or perhaps the family that by the grace of…

Hurricane Harvey has come and gone but the damage remains. At the end of the storm hundreds of homes have been damaged. So much has gone wrong and many are left afraid. What would we expect? If disasters came through our living rooms wouldn’t we be anxious and afraid? Isaiah, a prophet, knew disasters too. He knew many disasters at the hands of humans and was at the mercy of many enemies, but to be clear he was really at…

When you’re a kid, and you go to the beach, lifeguards are the mean people who enforce the rules and ruin your fun.  Maybe later in life before you have kids of your own, you think lifeguards are necessary because so many parents are careless and negligent.  When you’re the parent, things look different.  You say thanks to the lifeguards.  You’re grateful for them, and don’t even give a thought to what they might think of you. Now you’re glad…

I suppose you might call it faith if you believe in the sun, even on a cloudy day.  We probably all have that kind of faith.  There are places where it might cloud over for weeks at a time.  It’s easy to get discouraged by the grey sky.  Yet, even in cloudy weather, we know the sun is still up there.  It’s still providing heat and light.  It’s still making life possible. What happens if our life should cloud over…

Where is the evidence?  We are fortunate to live in a country where one must be proven guilty.  The presumption of innocence is central to our legal system.  The lawyers involved in a court case present evidence to support their claims of guilt or innocence for the accused.  A baseless claim will be met with the question, “Where is the evidence?” All truth claims should be proven valid by supporting evidence.  Christianity is held to the same standard.  What are…

Have you seen them?  It only happens once a year, buy you have probably noticed.  They walk around with that “black stuff” on their foreheads.  It looks like it is in the shape of a cross.  What’s that about? It is about Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the season of Lent.  The black stuff is ash and it is worn as a sign of repentance–sorrow over sin. Ashes were often used this way by God’s people in the Old…

Construction on the New Building is underway! Check out Hope’s new photos of the work being done here.

Way back in the day if you made a mistake while typing you pulled out the little bottle of “White Out” and brushed over the typo.  Then came the erasing ribbon.  Then computers came along and we no longer needed “White Out” or erasing ribbon, we simply hit the delete key.

Cleaning stains can be a frustrating task because they can be very difficult to remove.  One way to deal with a stain is to cover it up.  You can paint over it, but it so often bleeds through again.  If it’s on the carpet, you can steam clean it, but after it dries it can come right back up.  Frustrating!!!!