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There are time in everyone's life when we feel dry, parched and worn out. Perhaps it is the routine of daily activities that seem to be going no where, or it is the lack of meaningful relationships that leave us alone, or it is the failure of the past that doesn't give us much hope […] Related posts: Statement of Purpose Finding True Passion Remember Your Baptism

The 23rd Psalm is a classic in Christian literature. People refer to it more often than any other passage, prayer or petition in times of death, grief and personal crises. It is the quintessential Judeo-Christian statement of faith that stirs something deep within every one of us. As human beings, we are are all connected […] Related posts: Life is a Wonderful Story The Story of Life & God The Secret Life of a Saint

be·com·ing /biˈkəmiNG/  [Noun]  The process of coming to be something or of passing into a state. To grow to be, to turn into. A human spirit is, in a real sense, not a finished product; rather it is a lifelong endeavor of becoming. Each day, through the choices we make, the words we say, and the […] Related posts: The Blessing of the Broken: Rebirth Priorities: Is you life in balance? 3 Most Important Spiritual Questions

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”  Benjamin Franklin Our spiritual lives are filled with excuses. Adam blamed Eve for the apple he bit into, Eve blamed the snake for the apple she plucked, and you and I blame everyone and everything for the inconveniences, conflicts and challenges that […] Related posts: How to develop Life Altering Faith Stewardship: A Way of Life Life in a Six word Summary

The Artists eye sees beyond the obvious to the obscure and oddities in life that reveal something more profound. The Artists eye lives each moment in wonder, amazement and humility. We're not just passing through our days and our relationships we pause to see what's really happening. It means having a big picture perspective.  The Goal […] Related posts: TEMPTED: Recognizing the Deceptive Nature of Sin TEMPTED: the Nature of Sin Part 2 Priorities: Is you life in balance?

We hide our brokenness from the world and eventually from ourselves. We are shackled with the chains of perfection in an imperfect world. Our children try to live up to standards that we ourselves have never kept but hide behind a facade of respectability, success and achievement. Unfortunately none of it is true. Perhaps our […] Related posts: A Christmas Blessing Broken over Haiti Confronting Our Brokenness

John Ortberg tells the story of a friend who made his first trip south of the Mason-Dixon Line from Chicago to Georgia. On his first morning in the South he went into a restaurant to order breakfast, and it seemed that every dish included something called grits...which, as my Tennessee friends tell me, is exactly […] Related posts: Are Your Ready for Community The Mysterium Tremendum Podcast – Social Responsibility in the UMC

Pivotal Circumstances – something big happened, death, sickness, divorced, birth of a child, lost a job, got a job, got married had a child and now responsibility set in. A miracle given to us, perhaps not the one we asked for, and now we’re responsible for a beautiful life or the hard work of rebuilding […] Related posts: Faith goes Farther with Friends How to develop Life Altering Faith Will Your Faith Survive?

We are relational beings and everything we do revolves around this central hub. Our careers, our sense of fulfillment and our drive to achieve all revolve around how we are perceived by others, how we try to impress others and how connected we feel to certain groups we want to belong. If you know someone […] Related posts: Faith goes Farther with Friends How to develop Life Altering Faith Remember Your Baptism

“Faith is living in the confidence that what we hope for will actually come to pass; it gives us assurance about things we cannot yet see.” Hebrews 11:1 Imagine how different your outlook on life would be if you had absolute confidence that God was with you? Imagine how differently you would respond to difficulties, […] Related posts: How to develop Life Altering Faith Will Your Faith Survive? Faith that Matures

Imagine how different your outlook on life would be if you had absolute confidence that God was with you, right here, right now? Imagine how differently you would respond to difficulties, temptations, and even good things if you knew with absolute certainty that God was in all of it and was planning to leverage it […] Related posts: Faith goes Farther with Friends Will Your Faith Survive? Faith that Matures

Have you ever faced disappointment, grief or rejection so powerful that you felt so alone even God seemed to have walked out. Have you ever felt forsaken? Forsaken means to be "complete deserted or helpless, abandoned." I think if you're honest with yourself, you've been there once or twice before. Looking back at those times, […] Related posts: Masks: What Are You Hiding Behind? Joy is Genuine The Future Church, Part 2

Baptism is the initial step of a faithful heart. Max Lucado A Jailer becomes a Disciple (Paul and Silas in Prison) Acts 16:25-34 The Story of the Jailer and his family has always fascinated me. The jailer's experience and his amazing conversion from being a hard-nosed, control oriented, government official, to a joy-filled host who washes, feeds […] Related posts: Remember Your Baptism Remember Your Baptism Transformed by Baptism

Last Sunday Esther shared her experiences during February mission trip to Haiti and how being a part of the mission both inspired and challenged our understanding of the Gospel and God's love for the world. Enjoy and Share. Slides: Esther's Mission Testimony Audio: Mission Moment E Dehmlow 4.7.13 Related posts: Haiti Mission: Matt’s Story Expectations of a Haiti Mission Team II Expectations of Haiti Mission Team III

According to an ancient legend, if you could find a touchstone on the coast of the Black Sea and hold it in your hand, everything you touched would be healed and restore life and vitality. You would recognize the touchstone from ordinary stones by its warmth. Ordinary stones would feel cold and empty, but when […] Related posts: Good News for Ladder People – Easter 2011 Pastor’s Easter Letter Easter Letter: Crowds are Clueless

Casting Nets_The Abundance 5.2.10 L Casting Nets_The Abundance 5.2.10 E Casting Nets_Gone Fishing 4.18.10E Casting Nets_Fishing 4.25.10 E Casting Nets_Finding the Flow 5.30.10 L Casting Nets_Finding the Flow 5.30.10 E Breaking Free 7.10.11L Breaking Free 7.10.11E Born for Something More 4.11.10L Born for Something More 4.11.10E Ben White Ben Fenton Christmas Eve 2008 6pm Baptism […] Related posts: Faith needs to be stretched Four Laws of a Blessed Life A Walk on the Wild Side

Mask: To conceal one's real personality, character, or intentions Masks prevent us from looking at our lives honestly or experiencing true intimacy with others. Mask don’t protect they suffocate. Jesus' encounter with people was so dramatic because he saw right through the masks we wear, address the fear that made us feel we needed them, and gave […] Related posts: Ash Wednesday Service 2012 Charting a New Course Is There Room for Christ at Your Inn?

  Everyone has a fresh perspective, a different take on events shared with others and their what they mean to them. Our trip to Haiti is no different. I'm learning that the trip has meant many different things to different people and has had an impacted the team members in a profound and personal way. […] Related posts: Expectations of a Haiti Mission Team II Haiti Mission Moment Expectations of a Haiti Mission Trip

This Sunday, Erin Long and Barb Richter shared how their trip to Haiti impacted their life. It was a huge risk to Erin who's never done anything like this, but it opened a whole new door to what she's capable of and what God is able to do through her. Her story and her experience […] Related posts: Hear His Voice How You can Join us in Haiti this Year! Haiti Mission Team Prayer

Jesus is on a mission. He's turned his face toward Jerusalem and knows there is a destiny with death that lies before him. On his way, just outside of Jerusalem, he stops at the home of his dearest friends, Mary, Martha and Lazarus. If you're not familiar with the details of the story, I encourage […] Related posts: Does God Ask Too Much? Is There Room for Christ at Your Inn? An Interrupted Life – Advent Study (part 2)