We scheduled this series on The Elements of Healthy Relationships so that both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day would be a part of it. Each person’s experience of those two days is different depending on whether we had or have a good relationship with them or not and whether our parents are still living or…
John 14:23-27, “23 Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father…
The last few Sunday’s it’s been nice seeing more and more of our people returning from Florida and Arizona and other warmer climates. If you’ve recently returned from a place like Florida, and even if we haven’t, we understand a basic truth: the climate controls the crops – you don’t see the same plants and…
I want to begin this morning with a game called Jenga. Are you familiar with it? A Jenga game consists of 54 small wood blocks. To set up the game you stack all of the blocks in levels of three placed next to each other and at a right angle to the previous level. Once…
This morning, we start a new series called, “The Elements of Healthy Relationships”. Every day we are in relationships with people. People we enjoy spending time with like family, friends, and even co-workers and also with people that drive us a little nutty. These people can bring stress into our lives. Some of these people…
Lawrence Althouse, a retired United Methodist pastor, tells a story about when he almost missed an Easter service: “Many years ago, when I was working in a suburban New York church, I was asked to take part in an Easter sunrise pageant held at the Bronx River Parkway. At 5:15 a.m. I was zipping down…
“When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2 and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. 3 If…
For the last month in worship we’ve been talking about Finding God in Unexpected Places and those sermons were about finding God in undesirable circumstances like when we’ve been mistreated or can’t sleep, when our life gets turned upside down and we have to get used to a “new normal” or when we can’t get…
How do you feel about a trip to the doctor’s office? For example, do you look forward to it because you think it will help you live a healthy lifestyle or to feel better? Do you dread it because you’re afraid of what you might hear and what it might cost? Would you rather cope…