Next week I will share some thoughts about my sabbatical and what I learned; this week I want to reflect on our last Sunday at 5220 Johnstown Road. As of September 1,…
Endings and Beginnings
August 27, 2019
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A Masterpiece – The Brothers Karamazov
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Exiled for good
August 8, 2019
What does it mean to be an exile? The concept isn’t really around anymore (at least not in modern day Western society), but it was used routinely in ancient times as a…
You are not enough, and that’s a good thing
August 1, 2019
Everywhere I look it seems the message that is being shoved in our face is that we are strong, we are awesome, and we are enough. Somewhere in our broken humanness, we…
God in the mess
July 25, 2019
We know God promises to never leave us. We know God constantly tells His people not to be afraid because He is always there. And yet sometimes, it just doesn’t seem like…
How should we recognize the new birth?
May 9, 2019
The most amazing miracle in human existence is when a person who is not a believer in Jesus and therefore “without hope and without God in the world,” and “dead in the…
Preparation and Trust
April 25, 2019
Two weeks ago, Pastor David wrote the congregation to remind everyone about his upcoming sabbatical this summer. In the newsletter, he gave details and plans regarding what promises to be a much-deserved,…