Jesus Knows Best

Which is better, to serve the needy, or sit at home and pray all day? What do you think? It’s tricky, especially when reading Luke 10:25-42 where you have Jesus telling a lawyer that one must love his neighbor by works of mercy only to be followed by the next...

Lets take the year off!

What would it take for you to just not work for an entire year? Can you even imagine it? It would be so fun! Oh wait, what about food, clothing and all that? When talking to Moses on Mt. Sinai God commands Israel to not work for an entire year, every 7 years. God...

The Truth will set you free!

 New City Folks Lowery was nervous during last nights storm.  Besides the scary amount of lighting and thunder I found out that He was concerned about it becoming a hurricane.  So I shared with him the truth about hurricanes, how they don’t just appear, they have to...

Trust me

Wanted to pass along another story of what God is doing among us. Alec was tired of working a job just to survive and asked God for a vocation that would give him life. God led him to teaching, so Alec started studying for a test that would allow him to apply for a...

God Provides

God gathers people to swap stories. That’s what church is.  The Bible tells the story of who God is, and then we share the stories of what God is doing in our lives. The real joy of church happens when we begin to trade these stories with one another.  It’s so good...

Like father like son

Last Sunday my family and I sat down to watch the Seahawks play for a chance to go to the Super Bowl. Looked like we were going to lose for almost the entire game. The pressure was getting to my 12-year-old son, and after returning from the bathroom he let us know...