This Sunday we are officially starting our Lent sermon series, “Hopes and Fears”. Hope and fear have an interesting relationship with one another. Fear often drives us to hope. When we experience fear, we begin to hope for something that alleviates we we fear. For example, if we fear being late for school, we might…
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Posts from February 2021
According to Jesus, everyone is your neighbor. That means that the person who lives next to you is your neighbor. The person at your job is your neighbor. That person online is your neighbor. The convenience store clerk? Your neighbor too. That person who lives on the island of Tuvalu, also your neighbor. Your enemy…
What are your hopes for the Church? All sorts of ink has been spilled on what makes for a good church or a healthy church or an effective church. In fact, even those adjectives (good, healthy, effective) betray a little bit of what we might be hoping for in a church. Some church hopes are…