Resilience in Christ: Strength for the JourneyThis past week a friend received devastating news that will change his life for many years to come. It wasn’t what he expected and certainly not what he and many others prayed for. He is processing what comes next and trying to be resilient in the face of adversity and the uncertainty of the future.Just what does it mean to be resilient? In the face of...  Read More

My personality is well suited for engineering.  I want to know the details.  I don’t just want to know what my computer does, but how it does it.  Maybe you are not that person, but I believe most of us want an explanation for things.  Although I must admit the older I get, and perhaps in turn the closer to heaven I get, my love for that has maybe waned a tad.But we want to be able to understand t...  Read More

Writing to the Thessalonians, Paul highlights an important mark of Christian living: love for one another. In 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10, he commends the Thessalonian believers for their brotherly love, urging them to continue growing in this love more and more. While he acknowledges that they already understand the importance of love, he provides further guidance that illustrates what this love looks...  Read More

A Life of True Worship“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”  (Romans 12:1-2)Nearly everyone loves to b...  Read More

Peace is one of those words almost everyone likes.I think it’s safe to say, if you don’t like peace, something’s wrong with you. Many secular songs I remember sing of peace. John Lennon wrote and then sang this line over 20 times in one song “All we are saying is give peace a chance,”. Or the Cat Stevens song, “Oh, peace train, glide on the peace train, come on, now, peace train. Everyone jump on ...  Read More

“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)This morning’s scripture has been coming to mind more frequently as I see so many of my brothers and sisters and friends and neighbors who need someone to come alongside them. Some are in situations through no fault of their own. When we see someone suffering or needing help with difficult circumstances, it’s very eas...  Read More