Death Could Not Keep Him

“Death ends nothing. Death leads us all back into life. There was a death. There was a resurrection. Now there is new life in Jesus Christ. Again, death ends nothing.”

Checking Your Vitals

Luke 6: 27-38 I got a new watch last week. It’s a smartwatch. That is no measurement of its owner. I’ve needed a new watch for a while. My birthday was approaching, and April suggested that as a gift for me. I agreed. I like it a lot. Numbers, to some degree, fascinate me. I…

You Should Always Pay What You Owe

Matthew 18: 21-35 These days we’ve talked, listened and considered several stories from the gospel of Matthew. These months in the liturgical, church calendar between the day of Pentecost and the first Sunday of Advent we’re meant to learn as the disciples learned from Jesus about how to live as citizens of a new kingdom,…

Attraction, Worship, Faith

When I’m learning something or needing to accomplish something through a sequential procedure that I’m not familiar with then I’m comfortable with formulas.  I remember my mother would be asked to bake a cake for the women’s group at her church.  She always agreed because she would say the baked cakes others would bring were…