I’m a fixer. By nature, I want to fix every problem that comes across my desk and when I can’t find a good solution it often causes me to feel like, well a failure. For some reason, I think that I have to be able to offer help, real – tangible help in each and every situation. But that’s just not true! Sometimes the best help is just be there. Continue reading
Now I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of a control freak. I like to feel the steering wheel in my hands. I don’t like to fly because I can’t pilot a plane. When we travel my wife never drives, well unless I’m dealing with one of those migraine can’t see straight kind of headaches but even then I try to drive. I just don’t like to relinquish control very easily. And it’s not just in driving either. Continue reading
Do you know what you believe? Do you know where you stand? This morning Pastor Derrick showed how it’s important to know what you believe and where you stand. We also looked at the truth of who God is and what that means for us as Lutheran Christians today.
I know that sometimes life feels like we’re swimming against the current, running out of energy and all alone. But what if I told you that you were never alone? What if we really believed that God was always with us everywhere we went? Continue reading
Man life can really be monotonous can’t it? I mean seriously we do the same thing every day, and it’s like we just hit repeat every morning. It is way too easy to get stuck in the humdrum stuff of life and forget why we’re really here. Continue reading
For the past several weeks we’ve been asking the question How is it with your soul? This week we wrap up our series as we look at identity and where we find value and meaning in our soul. Listen as Pastor Derrick explains how changing one question can make a huge difference.
I believe the one largest question I receive as a pastor is why is God doing this to me? Another form of this question is what did I do wrong? Why is God punishing me? I get it. I’ll admit sometimes it’s easy to view some of life’s less happy moments as punishment. It’s easy to see the illness, marital struggle, rebellious children, job struggles, financial crises or whatever your personal storm as a punishment from God for something we did wrong. But quite frankly this just isn’t how God operates and to be totally honest it goes completely contrary to the message of who God is. Continue reading
We all do it. No one is exempt. But what good does it do? I mean really, what good does it do you to spend that much time worrying and fretting about things that are totally out of your control? Continue reading
Imagine life like a boat drifting in the ocean. You have an anchor to keep you in place but you have to throw it in the water. The same is true for our soul. The longer you hold the anchor tightly in your grasp, the farther away you begin to drift. Where do you anchor your soul? If it’s in anything other than Jesus, you’re not anchoring in the right place.
The rhythm of life seems to get faster and faster every single day. No matter what we accomplish today, there’s another list of to-dos waiting for us tomorrow. No matter how far ahead we plan, there is always a something that is yet undone. We just can’t seem to get far enough ahead in life. Continue reading
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