Jun 23, 2020

By Dennis Coleman       Odd. Strange. They call it, “The new normal,” but a pandemic and stay at home orders are anything but normal. I’ve obeyed the order from the government, as I suspect most, if not all, of you have done as well. I’ve pretty much only left my property to buy groceries, wearing my bandana mask as I go. I did sneak out once to...

Jun 23, 2020

By Tim Smothers         My mind goes back to when I was 39 years old. I was young and felt that I could do it all—I was invincible. Then I turned 40 and those feelings of invincibility ceased, and I found myself praying that I would just have the strength to make it through the day. Back then I could eat what I wanted when I wanted, I could...

Jun 23, 2020

By Andrew J. Camenga God has big plans for his church. These plans include us. He is actively working in the world to make one people out of many groups—to bring together individuals from every tribe, language, people, and nation. I can’t tell you why he chose to include us beyond the basic reality that he loves us and wants what is best for us. When he called...

Jun 23, 2020

By Pastor Rick Crouch Last year before we left our old building, we discovered that there had been an unwelcome guest living underneath the church. Actually, this guest had been living underneath the platform at the front of the sanctuary and might have been for years—yet we had no clue about this unwanted guest until a terrible odor gave him away. Grace was...

Jun 23, 2020

By Katrina Goodrich Tragic circumstances tend to make me introspective. This year there’s been plenty of tragedy to go around the entire world affecting its over 7 billion inhabitants. Life, this year, is turning out quite differently than expected—but maybe the interruption to our regularly scheduled lives can teach us something if we listen. Right now the...