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Saturday’s worship service, the focus will be on the parable of the yeast (Matthew 13:33). “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.” Being only

What does it mean for you to live a good life? What does God want from you? The Bible addresses these questions very directly in several places. One of these is in Micah 6:8. “What does the Lord require of you, but

How to know it’s going to be a bad day:     Your twin sister forgets your birthday.     Your income tax check bounces.       In the much beloved children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, poor

Easily confused with the Gospel of John, the 3 letters of John (1, 2, & 3 John) were written for the young Christian community some years after the resurrection of Christ. They’re trying to figure out how to take the

1 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, 3 things that we have heard and known,

Let heaven celebrate! Let the earth rejoice!     Let the sea and everything in it roar!    Let the countryside and everything in it celebrate!     Then all the trees of the forest too         will shout out joyfully — Psalm 96:11-12 (CEB)   The Bible

Faith Takes Time Last Sunday at the 11:00 service, we celebrated as 17 of our youth were baptized or confirmed their baptismal vows. During this past year, the confirmands have met weekly. They also met regularly with a Friend in

Every year thousands of people climb a mountain in the Italian Alps, passing the “stations of the cross” to stand at an outdoor crucifix. One tourist noticed a little trail that led beyond the cross. He fought through the rough thicket and,

I just couldn’t figure out what was wrong with the soccer team I was coaching. We had talented, athletic players but were just not jelling as a team. After several practices, I couldn’t figure out why we did not seem to be getting

Does Easter matter? It is easy to be complacent about Easter, to see Easter as just another chance to get together with friends and family, have a good meal and celebrate a holiday. Where Easter really matters is when you