The church is an Extension of Your Family Your church should be an extension of your own family, for they are your spiritual family. Your church family walks with you during life’s difficult trials and rejoices with you during life’s celebrations. It is a close-knit...
Come Thou Fount Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it, Mount of Thy...
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 If you do a Google search on the question, “Why am I here?,” you will be presented with inexhaustible numbers of digital pages containing links to some 6 billion places around...
My husband and I attended the G3 Conference this year. The focus was on worship. The pastors elaborated on all aspects of worship, in our homes with our children, during the worship service at church, and as an active part of how we live our life from day to day. The...
I believe Martin Luther King Jr said the most segregated time of the week is Sunday at 11am. He was referring to the racial divide in the churches. This was and may still be a problem. But I want to consider here another segregation that continues in our churches at...
“Peace on Earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled” Peace on Earth "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:14 ‘Peace on Earth’ is proclaimed throughout many homes amongst the Christmas decor. But many...
WHY? Questions about life and death, pain and suffering strike every person alive, usually more than once in their lives. We all have wondered “Why?” We have asked friends, family, parents, even pastors to help us understand why bad stuff happens. There are a lot of...
The months of November through January are a hectic blur. All the extra commitments on the calendar: parties, church socials, choir specials. Toys, lights, decorating a tree. Family gatherings – which frequently involves a bit of traveling. Even just shopping for...
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God....
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 “The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.” The formal cessation of fighting in the First World War came with the armistice signed by the Allies and Germany at...