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 […]
Christmas Is About Giving, Business Should Be Too
How Do We Know What to Give Without A List? Last week I wrote about the coming new year and our excitement about the possibilities and opportunities it will present. This week I’m going to back up just a little (chronologically) to focus on Christmas (considering that it is just a few days away). Christmas […]
We Are The Ones Who Can and Will Do What Needs Done
In the Christmas season we see the words love, joy and peace a lot. This doesn’t mean that these are the only feelings we experience during the Holidays. I do think we see these types of actions now more than other times of the year. This brings up the question why. Why do people seem […]
Getting Inspired for A Better New Year
Some New and Exciting Plans for The New Year I don’t know about you, but I get excited about planning for the future. Looking forward is exciting. It feels a little like the expectation of Christmas morning. The possibilities and opportunities of the New Year offer similar exciting feelings of anticipation. If all your goals […]
The Ultimate Gift Card, Be Sure to Use It
We know that God loves us, but can we understand how much? How much He really, really loves us? I mean think about it. He gave everything for us. He left the peace and comfort of His home in heaven for us. He suffered for us. He died…for us. THIS IS LOVE! “They Will Know […]