FAST FROM ACCUMULATING AND PRACTICE CONTENTMENT

FAST FROM ACCUMULATING AND PRACTICE CONTENTMENT

FAST FROM ACCUMULATING AND PRACTICE CONTENTMENT Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have. Hebrews 13:5 I saw a cartoon this week that featured an old man standing with his son in front of an open garage door.  The garage was piled...
Compassion, Pity, Mercy

Compassion, Pity, Mercy

Compassion, Pity, Mercy So during Lent we practice three spiritual disciplines; prayer, fasting and almsgiving.  Curious about and struggling to relate to the word “alms”, I did a little research. The word alms comes from the Greek word eleemosyne, which means...
Desiring What God Desires for Me

Desiring What God Desires for Me

Desiring What God Desires for Me Our first week of Lent has begun.  For many of us this journey toward spiritual growth may have started with the tradition of having a cross of ashes placed on your forehead and hearing the words “Repent and believe in the gospel”. ...
Preparing for Lent

Preparing for Lent

Preparing for Lent It is my hope today that I can get you excited about one of my favorite times of year.  The word “Lent” comes from the old English “lencten”, which means “spring”.   And  who doesn’t like spring?  What does spring bring to mind?  Change!...
Everyone is Fighting the Cooties

Everyone is Fighting the Cooties

Everyone is Fighting the Cooties More than anything you guard, protect your mind,for life flows from it.    Proverbs 4:23 Holy cow, so many people I know are sick with the flu or bronchitis.  I have listened to their family members talk about the measures they have...
One Amazing Body with Many Necessary Parts

One Amazing Body with Many Necessary Parts

One Amazing Body with Many Necessary Parts Just as the human body is one, though it has many parts that together form one body, so too is Christ. For by one Spirit we all were immersed and mingled into one single body….we are all privileged to drink deeply of...