In the middle of the night, Scrooge is visited by three characters. We know them as the Ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. But what can we learn from the Ghost of Christmas Present? What message did this Ghost bring to Scrooge? And what does it bring to us today? Listen as Pastor Derrick shares insights on this latest pre-Christmas visitor.
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Christmas often birngs extra things to our schedules. We travel to be with family. We buy extra items for loved ones and thereby stretch our budget a little thinner than we probably should. With all of this extra that comes at Christmas time it’s often hard to find peace. Perhpas this has something to do with our definition of peace. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares how Christmas truly means peace.
On Wednesday nights at Living Word we’re journeying through the famous story by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. It’s a wonderful story of a man caught up in himself who is led to a major life change by visits from four different Ghosts throughout Christmas Eve. We started this series with a visit from the Ghost of Marley, Scrooge’s partner. This week we meet the Ghost of Christmas Past. Continue reading
Throughout the season of Advent we’ll be unwrapping another gift. This week it’s the gift of love. But don’t assume you know what love looks like. It’s not exactly what you think. When we discover the reality of God’s love we’ll be surprised how vast and powerful his love is. Listen as Pastor Derrick shares the power of God’s love.
The famous story by Charles Dickens will guide us through our midweek Advent journey this year. Tonight we sit with Scrooge as he’s met by Marley’s ghost. We hear the words of caution for a life missed. Listen as Pastor Derrick shows how Scrooge and Marley can help us prepare for Christmas.
Thought the season of advent we wait. We wait with anticipation for the things that will soon be here. We wait for Christmas but we, as followers of Jesus, also wait for Jesus. But we wait with hope. And hope is the certainty of things yet unseen. It’s the ability to see what can’t be seen. It’s the ability to experience what hasn’t yet happened. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares what it means to have Christian Hope.
When you hear a clock ticking incessantly in the background, you get the impression that there’s a sense of urgency. You can feel the time slipping away with each tick of the second hand. The book of Malachi teaches us a message that is both urgent and important. Listen as Pastor Derrick shares what happens when something is both urgent and important.
This week we celebrated a day marked as All Saints Sunday. This Sunday is a time for us to reflect on the lives of those who have gone before us in the faith. For some this can be a contemplative event filled with sadness and loss. But for those who are in Christ, it’s not supposed to be that way! Listen as Pastor Derrick shares that what was isn’t what is because of what God did.
The message of the Reformation was actually a lot more simple than we make it out to be. We think it was about indulgences and popes. We think it was about Martin Luther and a host of other reformers. But in actuality the emphasis was Jesus. This week Pastor Derrick shares about the Reformation and what we can learn about the Reformation from presidential elections and pillow forts.
No one wants to be alone. Just about everyone has a need to be needed. We may want our space from time to time but everyone needs companionship. This week Pastor Derrick shares some famous words from Scripture and some famous words from a popular song from a couple of decades ago. See what it means to be able to lean on Jesus.
