Surely, You are God. You are from Everlasting to Everlasting, the Self Existent One. Before the universe was formed and before the stars bore light, You are. Your voice is mightier than the fiercest raging storm and Your holy word commanded creation into being. You whispered life to man in Read more…
What is your perception of the church? I dare say that even many of those who are followers of Christ likely have a negative or cynical view of the church. I get it. Churches often have reputations of infighting, divisions, and abuse. Even if a church is what one would Read more…
by Sam McKeen Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. – James 5:16 (ESV) Sharing personal struggles and confessing one’s sin to others is not a common Read more…
by Rebecca Murzin How often do you tell someone to “have a good day” and what do you mean when you say it? I personally say it all the time. The other week on Sunday after service I said to someone “have a great week.” Pastor Sam was standing by Read more…
by Janet Keefe I drove to the top of Mount Washington last week. It was the day after my birthday, and my thoughts were solemn. Alone on the drive, I watched as the trees became stunted, first scrub, then disappearing, replaced by patches of grass clinging precariously to the slopes Read more…
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for Read more…
by Rebecca Murzin For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. – Galatians 5:1 I love the fourth Read more…
by Janet Keefe “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple… Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell Read more…
by Sam McKeen Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or Read more…
by Rebecca Murzin And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. – Galatians 6:9 This is a verse I often pray for myself and for others. I ask God to help me, my brothers and sisters Read more…