Chronic Pain

Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. An additional 20 million experience severe pain that limits their normal movement and activities. All of us experience pain at some time in our lives. For most, the pain lingers for a short while and then is...

Jesus Paid It All

Jesus Paid It All

Mar 20, 2019

By Pastor Bob Babcock A few days ago someone posted a note on Facebook that said the words “Jesus paid it all” do not appear in the Bible. I commented, even if those exact words were not there, that very message is clearly there and seen throughout the whole New Testament. Thinking about it later, I realized I should have said that the message not only is...

Jesus Did All The Things

Jesus Did All The Things

Mar 20, 2019

By Pastor Gabriel Graffius An internet meme is a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users [Dictionary.com]. A recent one began when a millennial blogger spoke of her initial enthusiasm to complete daily tasks by declaring that she would “clean all the things!” The internet...

Jesus Didn’t Die for Our Preferences

Jesus Didn’t Die for Our Preferences

Mar 20, 2019

By Pastor Tyler Chroniger There is an on-going problem in a lot of churches. This might come as a shock to you—or maybe you have not even considered that this is a real thing. Let me provide an example for context. You go to a church business meeting or even a conference business meeting. In that meeting, someone has a “great” idea to change the way things are...

DEEP in the Heart

DEEP in the Heart

Mar 20, 2019

By Cheri Appel Struggling to put a small necklace ring through a jeweled heart, I realized it was not going to work. “If only I could get the ring to go deeper into the heart,” I mumbled to myself. “Yes,” suddenly the voice of Almighty God spoke, “We need to get deeper into their hearts.” It seemed as though I had been immediately transported to a time, long...