Something happens in life and I’m not really sure when it happens. I just know that it does. I mean let’s be real. There was a time when the little things in life just excited me. I would be excited to wake up in the morning to a fresh coat of snow on the ground. I would watch a magic show and just be absolutely enamored but the wonder of it all. I wouldn’t question everything. I was less cynical. I was captivated by belief, imagination and faith. But… Continue reading
Everything needs the right conditions to grow and thrive. What are those right conditions that will enable your soul to grow healthy and strong? Listen as Pastor Derrick unpacks week two’s teaching on Soul Health.
We tend to focus so hard on the outside that we often forget what really matters. If someone asked you “How is it with your soul?” do you know what you would say? Where does your soul find comfort and relief? Listen as Pastor Derrick shares where the real home for our soul is.
Each week during Lent, the weeks leading up to Easter, I composed a special poem just for that worship event. Well, on Easter morning I busted out a poem I wrote a few months ago. This poem is by far one of my favorites, perhaps I’m a little biased.
I used this poem on Sunday as the lead-in to my message. You can hear it here. But I’ve had a few requests asking if I’d publish it on this site, so here it is. I hope you enjoy!
These days are getting rougher
The challenges seem tougher
The world is filled with danger
In this place I am the stranger.
Nation rises against nation to fight
Everything seems dark as night
This world is being torn apart
It seems from us God did depart.
Not just the nations are at war
but in my home and school and more
I see someone who’s not like me
I raise my fist and show no mercy.
When through the doors of life I walk
It’s names and evil things I talk
We seek to do each other harm
And no longer does it cause alarm.
Now fear and terror rule the world
Anger and hatred around are hurled
Of what’s important we’ve lost sight
And it all was started with just one bite.
What Satan did was give us doubt
And from the garden we were kicked out.
The bite, that doubt, we call that sin
And in that moment evil did win.
But not for long was my God’s cry
He’d give up his Son to bleed and die
His back was ripped and beat and torn
For us God did his own Son scorn
For my sin, my fear, my shame
That at his Son God did take aim
God’s judgement on His shoulders lay
Yet ever faithful did my Jesus stay.
With nails and spikes they put him there
His clothes they tore so they could share
They mocked, they spit right in his face
Yet all he did was show them grace.
Tetelestai was his final word
It is finished is what his Father heard
And then he sighed and breathed his last
The deed was done the judgement past
Upon himself my sin he took
Now at the cross when I do look
Myself in him is all I see
Because Jesus gave his all for me.
On Easter Sunday we take a moment to celebrate all the work that God has done. This year we focus on the gifts giving in communion. Listen as Pastor Derrick shares a poem he wrote that reminds us of the real meaning of Easter. Then explains how powerful communion is for those of us who celebrate Jesus.
Sometimes I look in the mirror and wonder who is this! I mean one day I do everything I can to live the life God has called me to live. I serve others and love others and look out for others. But the next moment it seems as if all I care about is myself. I focus on my needs, my wants, my hurts, my fears. Sometimes I live like God is the only thing that matters and sometimes I live as if I am my own god. Continue reading
Throughout the season of lent we’ve been looking at communion from different angles, gaining a deeper understanding of what this thing is that we do every single week. We’ve gazed at the fruit of knowledge and compared it to the fruit of life. We stood in awe of the daily bread that God provides. We recognized the healing medicine of forgiveness offered in communion. We felt the unity we have in Christ as we gather together at the table. We acknowledged that Christ has done everything needed to grant us forgiveness, so we’re left to just rest in Christ. Then we saw the imagery of the wedding feast of the Lamb brought forward in communion. But last night we talked about a strange word – covenant. Continue reading
Life has its ups and downs that’s for sure! Some days you’re flying on top of the world and then other days you just hit bottom so hard you’re not sure the ground can even stop you. Some days you wake up and wonder if you could be any grouchier. Some days you just want to hit the restart button and go back to the beginning or the fast forward button to just get it over with already! Continue reading
There is one thing in life that really matters. It’s not our power nor our prestige. It’s not a clean bill of health at the doctor’s office. It’s not even living a debt free life. The one thing that really matters is…Listen as Pastor Derrick shares the answer to what really matters in life.
Today is only Monday but it feels kind of like I’ve lived an entire week in just one short day. And my day wasn’t nearly as stressful as the days of the people I had a chance to serve today! From children’s hospital with family who was anxiously awaiting good news about their son’s heart trouble to in a few hours I’ll be sitting with another family as they say goodbye to a long time four-legged friend. These days when emotions go wild and when your heart breaks for the people around you do you have someone on whom you can lean? Continue reading
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