Handle with Care

From the Pastor…    Handle With Care                                 “Our Father, who is in heaven, holy is your name…” This week’s study of the Lord’s Prayer centered on God’s name being HOLY.  The main sense of holy is “set apart”; it connotes something or someone special, unique, or worth of treating...

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Share Your Story II

From the Pastor…    Share Your Story II   Never underestimate the power of anyone’s story… anyone’s life. — Abby Johnson Years ago, I was asked to go to the airport to pick up one of the main speakers for a conference being held in town. He was a published author...

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Look at Things Differently

From the Pastor…    Look at Things Differently   People suffer because they are caught in their views.  As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore. — Thich Nhat Hanh Face it, we all hold our own view of things, whether it be...

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The Solution to Gun Violence

From the Pastor…    The Solution to Gun Violence There is a big debate going on about gun violence.  It’s a problem, for sure, but the cry to do something rings hollow since the first question is… “Do what?” – Would restricting ownership of certain weapons be effective?  Would universal...

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Mistakes Never Made

From the Pastor…     Mistakes Never Made   A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether. –Roy H. Williams You and I make our share...

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Our Revolutionary Jesus

From the Pastor…        Our Revolutionary Jesus       We’ve made elevator music of Jesus Christ. We’ve made Him the most boring, bland, blah person; and He was the most revolutionary man. — John Eldredge “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did...

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Make the Most of It

From the Pastor…        Make the Most of It       Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. — Malcolm X Someone said that it would be nice if we could be 40 years old first and then go back...

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What You Feel Inside

From the Pastor…       What You Feel Inside     What you feel inside reflects on your face. So be happy and positive all the time. — Sridevi Have to ever kept smiling even though you felt like crying?  Sure, all of us have some time or another have smiled and...

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Sympathy

From the Pastor        Sympathy     What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That...

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Still Learning?

From the Pastor        Still Learning?     I’m open for possibilities.  I’m open for choices.  I always welcome new ideas.  I’m always eager to learn.  I’m never going to close my mind from learning. — Cesar Millan What’s your attitude toward learning?  Did you stop learning long ago?  Do you...

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