Have you ever wished God could just be like Siri or Google, at your beck and call for answers and guidance whenever you need help? We Christians believe that God is always present with us, and in fact, that the Holy Spirit lives within us. There is plenty of teaching in the Bible that GodContinue reading “Do you struggle to hear from God’s Spirit? – Acts 16, Part 2”
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Eating fish heads (how God’s list of clean and unclean foods in Deuteronomy 14 matters to Christians, part 1)
What do you consider disgusting food? Brussels sprouts? Tomatoes? Hot dogs? Fast food? Fish? We all have our likes and our dislikes. For me, some of the most disgusting food I’ve had was on mission trips. In India it was some kind cow intestine or worse. In Malaysia I had Tom Yum soup which isContinue reading “Eating fish heads (how God’s list of clean and unclean foods in Deuteronomy 14 matters to Christians, part 1)”
How to stop treating people as projects, Part 2 – People of Peace & Missional Communities
Last week I introduced my sermon on Luke 10:1-24 talking about how we Christians can be guilty of treating people as our own little spiritual projects. While I don’t believe that most Christians set out to make people into projects, in our eagerness to see people experience what we think is so amazing, namely, followingContinue reading “How to stop treating people as projects, Part 2 – People of Peace & Missional Communities”
A Christian phrase that needs to be turned action – Luke 9:1-10
Last week I introduced Sunday’s sermon by talking about Christian phrases that need to go. But there is one that we should keep, if and only if, it is more than a phrase. You know that phrase “actions speak louder than words”? It is true for so much of life, and definitely so when itContinue reading “A Christian phrase that needs to be turned action – Luke 9:1-10”
Cardboard box tower and a covered desktop – The Monday Messy Office Report – July 20, 2015
My Monday Messy Office Report returns! I’m sure you were feeling incomplete without it… Today two photos that show what I arrived to this morning: A smallish church pastor wears many hats, and Picture #1 shows a bunch of them: 1. Three weeks worth of bulletin proofs. I’m part of a team from Faith ChurchContinue reading “Cardboard box tower and a covered desktop – The Monday Messy Office Report – July 20, 2015”
Kenya, Men’s Retreat, Congregational Meeting – Monday Messy Office Report – 11/17/14
My office is tidy Friday, mysteriously messy Monday. Here’s why: 1. Kenya trip stuff – I am super excited about this. A group from Faith Church is planning on to take a 10-day trip in July/August 2015 to visit our Faith Church family members, Lamar, Janice & Donovan Stoltzfus, serving at Rift Valley Academy inContinue reading “Kenya, Men’s Retreat, Congregational Meeting – Monday Messy Office Report – 11/17/14”
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