In a recent podcast I was listening to, the topic of Sabbath came up. It was actually an interesting talk and it made me think a little about my definition of this very churchy word. At the outset of the podcast I started to think that I was pretty terrible at this whole “sabbath” thing….
Dreaming is fun! Well unless you dream you’re being chased by a giant orange, but that’s not really relevant to this post. Part of living and visioning is dreaming. When we put together a hope for a better future, when we vision what we’re going to be/do in the days, weeks, months and years to…
Saturday started like every other day for two men in Westerville. They put on their uniforms. I’m not sure what their morning looked like but I’m sure they each kissed their wife and children. Then left for work. After getting settled in their morning routine a call came through and without a second thought, they…
In this week’s message Pastor Derrick shares the importance of the account of Jesus’ Transfiguration, but first he explains what that word even means. Listen as we journey together from Jesus’ cradle to His cross stopping on a mountain to see him reveal a part of him we haven’t yet seen. Check out the latest…
What do you think of when you hear the word church? Do you think of a building, or a comfortable home, or maybe when you hear church you think of an obligation every Sunday. However, church has a different meaning. For years I lived believing that church was a building where I worshipped God. But…
A few years ago a movie was released titled Wreck It Ralph. The movie was set inside of a video game with two main characters. The first was Ralph. He was the larger than normal villain in the game. His job was to destroy everything he saw. Ralph would tear apart buildings and destroy things down to…
If we’re being honest, we’ve all tried to change the way we look or act to fit in and be like a certain group. Sometimes it may feel like you have a dozen personalities to fit each group but none of them really feel like you. So often we become someone we are not meant…
You’ve probably heard the story of Jesus turning water into wine. You’ve probably thought that it was about a wedding that ran out of wine. But what if there was a deeper meaning? What if there were hidden nuggets of gold buried inside this story? Listen this week as Pastor Derrick helps us mine through…
Have you ever been struck with the funny, almost scary feeling that life is just way out of focus? I mean like you’re just going through the motions or that you’re having a hard time finding where you are in this big thing we call life? In a few recent conversations with several people, it sounds…
Grace. This is a word that has been used in churches for years. Only recently did I discover what it meant and how it affected lives. Grace is getting the good you don’t deserve. For example, because of our sinful nature we deserve death, but Jesus died and we can spend eternity in heaven with…
