Walking Humbly
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I grew up believing a few pretty important misconceptions about humility. Perhaps you have tried to live out some of these as well. Humility means I almost always defer to…
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Take a step…
Everything is bad… That’s the resounding message from almost every source that we hear right now. People are dying from COVID. Churches are going to begin closing. The economy is…
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Cutting Toward New Growth
“Pruning – when you selectively remove limbs or stems from a tree or plant, removing unwanted branches, improving the plant’s structure, directing new, healthy growth.” ~somewhere on the web We…
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2020 – Flip the Script
The news is full of depressing stories and social media is full of memes comparing 2020 to the worst year ever but what if you could “flip the script”? What…
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Love. Walk. Do.
The prophet Micah leaved in a very tumultuous time. The nation of Israel had split into the Northern and Southern Kingdom after the death of King Solomon and both kingdoms…
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You were meant to change the world!
You were meant to change the world. Yes, you. Read that again. You were meant to change the world. Not survive it. Not endure it. Not become like it. You…
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It’s time for the Church to rise up.
It’s time for the Church to rise up. Rise up against/for what you might ask? Rise up against racism? Rise up against or for masks? Rise up against Trump? Biden?…
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What do you see?
It’s all about perspective, really. How you see the world will determine how you interact with it and with people. If you believe people are good, valuable and worthy, you…
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For Righteousness Sake
Last Sunday, we took somewhat of a turn in our study of the Beatitudes. We moved from the characteristics that we will generally begin to display when we “hunger and…
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It happened again!
It happened again. Just 3 weeks ago we spoke as a congregation about the injustice of 2 white men who felt empowered to chase down a jogging black man in…
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Getting Creative
Well, it’s official. This weekend, we will have more online worship services in 2020 than we have had in person. Wow. I’ve noticed that we are a little (or a…
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Ain’t No Grave Gonna Shut My Psyche’s Mouth
“Sensory deprivation, or perceptual isolation, is the deliberate reduction or removal of stimuli from one or more senses. Simple devices such as blindfolds or hoods and earmuffs can cut off…
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