Weekly Bulletin

Sometimes when reading the Old Testament, I feel sorry for the Israelites. Imagine being the guinea pigs, in a manner of speaking, with all of your obvious failures laid bare for everyone to read and disparage afterward for thousands of years. It is so tempting to read their story of freedom from slavery and wonder…

Community is about inclusion. Think about Martin Luther King, Jr.’s  speech in 1963 in front of the Lincoln Memorial.  It was about inclusion of people of color along with elimination of the manacles of segregation and chains of discrimination. Lack of inclusion creates loneliness. With our schedules the way they are, there is little to…

John 1 (NKJV)”1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the…

Galatians 6:9-10 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” If anything has characterized the past couple…

Now that we have 2022 in the rearview mirror, we should be thinking about how we might want to live our lives differently in 2023.  As this new year becomes a book that you are writing about your daily life, what will be its message?  The Lord has given us everything we need for our…

2 Thessalonians 3:16 “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way.”   God doesn’t intend for His peace to be an infrequent surprise. Additionally, peace is a fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control”. God…

The past couple of years have been challenging, in some cases, trying us to the very core of our being. Every single one of us has faced trials and hardships. Some of us have faced loss. Some of us have faced grave injustice. In these moments, our souls feel squeezed to the point of extinction…

Until we see Jesus face to face in heaven, we will probably not know all of the reasons He came to earth. But one we do know is that He came to express the love of God.Not only is Jesus the reason for the season, you are the reason for the season. He came for…

The advent season is here, and one of the most wonderful things about this time of year is the reminder of the hope we have in Christ. Hope is a desire for something, but it also has an expectation of fulfillment.  Hope in the context of Jesus’ first coming provides so many parallels for us today.…