Thanks to everyone who has continued to pray for and provide for Joanne.It is much appreciated.She started physical and occupational therapy this week, but it's very slow until she can start bearing weight on that leg.So, we're still taking things a week at a time. This Sunday we come to the second of many scenes where something Jesus does is challenged.Once again, we fin...

March is upon us already!It's hard to believe, but we're only about a month away from Palm Sunday and Easter!If you haven't already, please mark down that we're going to be having a Good Friday service at 6:30pm on March 29th at Harper Park Middle School.It is a wonderful way to prepare our hearts to rightly celebrate Easter. And as we march our way through Jesus's life, ...

Thanks to everyone who's been praying and providing for Joanne. It is much appreciated. It will be a long road to a full recovery.This Sunday we come to another event that Jesus is well known for His calling of the first group of disciples. But how He does it is what's striking here. Remember Jesus was a carpenter from Nazareth (an inland village) who comes to the Sea of ...

Thanks to all who have been praying for Joanne.I'll keep you updated on our FB group and Realm. This Sunday we've come to something that Jesus is well known for His healing of those who are physically suffering.Jesus meets several people that others don't want to be around.And while He heals many people in the gospels, we're going to look at two in particular one leper,...

Have you ever had the wonder of something fade in your mind? The first time you kissed your spouse when you were dating was (hopefully) a wonderous experience. But after locking lips for the next 5-10 years, the thrill of the kiss wears off.In some cases, it can be easy to take the wonderful almost for granted. There's a phrase for this: Familiarity breeds contempt. And ou...

This Sunday we've come to one of the major events in Jesus' life.It's one of only a few stories of His life that are present in all four gospels.The narrative of His birth isn't in all the gospels.The temptation isn't in all the gospels.Most of His miracles and parables aren't in all the gospels.The Beatitudes aren't, The Lord's Prayer isn't, not even the raising of Lazaru...

This Sunday we've come to another major event in Jesus' life His temptation in the wilderness.Jesus is challenged with three temptations, and He fends them off with Scripture.Sounds easy, right?Not so fast.There are some things going on here underneath the surface that make this event incredibly significant. We're continuing our series on the life of Christ,Walking with ...

This Sunday we've come to what, at first glance, feels like a pretty ordinary story. But it's anything but. And that's not because of what happens, but how little we know about what happens. We're continuing in our series on the life of Christ,Walking with Jesus: A Year with the Saviorand we've come to the story of when Jesus was accidently left behind in the Temple, when ...

This Sunday ends the season of Christmas with Epiphany. For all you lapsed Anglicans (like me), this is Epiphany Sunday. Epiphany celebrates the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles. And it's this Sunday because tradition says that the Wise Men came to visit the Christ Child twelve days after Christmas (and that's where "The Twelve Days of Christmas" comes from).And bel...

This Sunday, with Advent being over, we find ourselves in the season of Christmas. On top of that, Sunday is the last day of the year, and on Monday we start yet another year. It's out with the old and in with the new. There will be a lot of memes showing 2023 as Father Time and 2024 as a newborn babe.And believe it or not, all of that fits with our passage for this Sunday...