Our current sermon series, my morning devotions and my own self-examination have been teaming up and working on me in good and yet painful ways. One of the themes that keeps popping up is how important it is to not withhold good when it is in my power to do it. You would think this…
We are studying the book of Acts as a church and this week the sermon covered some troubling passages in Acts 4. Our pastor dealt with the deceptive giving statement submitted by two members of the early church. You may have heard of Ananias and Sapphira. It seems they sold a plot of land and…
This is a post that your eyes may never see, but I feel compelled to write. We shall see if I hit publish when it is all finished and spell-checked. Our church has, over the years, tweaked the way we take communion. Sometimes we take it all together after the traditional reading of the familiar…