In the Beginning: Who Do You Cheer For? It’s Palm Sunday! It’s the beginning of a time when we celebrate the coming of Easter and welcome Jesus along with the crowd in ancient Jerusalem. We wave palm branches and sing songs of celebration and worship. In a way, we could read more »
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus goes from town-to-town teaching, proclaiming the good news of God’s kingdom, curing disease and illness. He looked at the crowds and saw how they were harassed, confused, helpless, with meaningless and aimless lives. They needed guidance, purpose and assurance of the love that God read more »
It seems there has been a lot of need set on our table recently. The last couple of years has left everything upside down. Random objects are out of stock on the grocery shelf, big ticket items are really, Big Ticket, as in expensive. Plus, they can be hard to read more »
Sometimes, despite our poorest efforts to help or provide for, life manages to continue and even flourish. Around eight years ago a friend gave me some Irises to plant. In fact, he gave me more than I needed. So, the extras sat in a bucket, outside, behind the garage in read more »
Dear Church Family, From somewhere in my childhood, I remember being told to “stop, look, and listen” before crossing a street. A good bit of wisdom for a kid growing up in the Metroplex. Actually, it’s good advice for a lot of areas in life. Do we do this in read more »
Dear Church Family, We have all seen the heart-wrenching images of children, clutching stuffed animals with one hand and the other the hand of their mothers. The borders of neighboring countries are filled with Ukrainian women and children, while men, and many women, are choosing to stay and fight for read more »
The Mountain, the Valley, and the LIGHT “Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.” (Luke 9:32) Left speechless? We all know the phrase, “that left me speechless!” A person read more »
Delight, Refuge, Trust, Holy Finding delight, refuge, and trust in the Holy. Seriously? “But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.” (Luke 6:27-28) People used to say: “That isn’t worth a read more »
What is Holy? There are intersections in life where people, lives and events come together. Like a busy metroplex road they can be a challenge. Particularly at high speeds and certainly on ice. The type when even though we try our best, the car just takes its own route and read more »
Into the Deep End? There are plenty of shallow waters surrounding Christianity. The kind that makes it easy to dip in a foot without making a commitment or even finding out what the water is really like. If we go into the deep end, it could be dangerous. Besides, the read more »
