This week we celebrate both Thanksgiving and the beginning of Advent. There is no intended connection between the two, but they usually fall within four days of each other, and they theologically…
Giving Thanks, Worshiping Emmanuel
November 27, 2020
From the Vault
Hearts in the Kitchen-Aid
November 12, 2020
“And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him . . .” I have been asked a number of questions about the capital campaign over the past few weeks. Some questions have to…
We Hope in . . .
November 6, 2020
One of my prayers over the last few weeks has been that there would be a decisive winner of the presidential election. God in His providence has answered that one “no,” and…
A New Place to Pray
October 23, 2020
Most of the time when I go through my daily prayers, I am alone, it is quiet, and I’m holding a cup of coffee. I walk around the house or maybe take…
Prayer, patience, persistence, persuasion
October 8, 2020
A couple weeks ago we looked at Acts 17:16-34, when Paul was in Athens. He preached open-air style in the Areopagus, a rocky outcropping where all the latest TED talk speakers of…
On faithful generosity
October 1, 2020
We started our capital campaign last week. Some of you have been through quite a few of these, and for others this is your very first one. I said on Sunday that…