“I Have A Dream” For A Team
And I Want It to Be A “Dream Team” It’s interesting how sometimes when we experience things, i.e. a word, a topic or a message, it seems that the same thing will show up multiple times, in multiple places within a short period of time. Some people would say this is just a coincidence. I […]
Keep Your Eyes Open, You Will See Miracles Galore
There are miracles happening all around us every day, some small and some huge. Just consider this amazing thing we call life. The complexity of a Swiss watch that we take for granted. The problem is that we become complacent about these things and forget where these miracles comes from. We were after all, made […]
The Cost of Change Can Be More Than Time and Money
It Can Be Reputation and Loyalty, and To Me These Are More Important Change happens for all kinds of reasons, some needed, some not. Some people love change, it excites them. These people are the ones pushing the envelope and coming up with new ways of doing things. Others on the opposite side never want […]
What Is Baptism And Why Does It Matter?
Baptism is one of those Christian terms that is used often and consequently can lose its importance and meaning. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baptism baptism is – 1a : a Christian sacrament marked by ritual use of water and admitting the recipient to the Christian community b : a non-Christian rite using water for […]
What Does It Take to Be A Builder?
There’s So Much More to This Building Thing Than Just Construction I regularly go back through my life plans, especially at this time of the year, reviewing and revising them as needed to build the best life. Just like a construction project needs reviewed and revised in different phases of the project. Whether a building […]
It’s Time To Rise and Shine and Enjoy New Beginnings
I Can Only Imagine How Bright Things Will Be With God’s Light On Them This Sunday was about new beginnings… It’s the beginning of Pastor Lee’s fifth year as a valuable part of our church family. It’s the beginning of Epiphany, the commemoration of the coming of the Magi, the first manifestation of Christ to […]
Living Life Well Is All About Perspective
What Ever Your Situation – Attitude Makes All the Difference Perspective is “a particular way of viewing things that depends on one’s experience and personality”. Our individual perspective effects every part of our lives. It’s up to us to decide how we are going to view things. As a part of preparing for the new […]
The Velveteen Rabbit Teaches Us About Love
“The Velveteen Rabbit” was the basis of the message this week. It is a story about a stuffed rabbit’s desire to become real and the love that ultimately accomplishes this. There is a lot of real life comparisons in this story about a stuffed rabbit. Some of the toys are mean and uncaring, some are […]
An Unexpected, Modern-Day Twist to The Christmas Carol
It’s Never Too Late to Build A Better Life As I’m working on goal setting and planning for the new year, I’ve been reviewing the past several years. Looking back can be disappointing and discouraging if things haven’t gone as well as you had planned. And this year certainly didn’t go as planned While thinking […]
Life Takes Strange Twists and Turns, but God is Faithful to His Promises
Life being full of twists and turns is certainly an understatement. We all have examples of our own lives taking a twist here or a turn there. As crazy as some of those experiences are, none of them even come close to the twists and turns in Mary’s life when she found out that she […]