by Pastor Jim | Nov 17, 2019 | Blog
John 15, verses 1-8, records an incredibly clear but also challenging word picture from Jesus. The section is labeled “The Vine and the Branches” in many Bibles. I love all eight verses but there is one phrase in verse 5 that is consistently on my...
by Pastor Jim | Nov 10, 2019 | Blog
I took on the neighbor’s wild blackberry vines – and almost lost the battle. Our house is backed up to a green space, a swampy conservation area full of trees, land that thankfully will never be developed into homes. But as beautiful as that area is, it has a mind of...
by Pastor Jim | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog
“Well, in spite of what happened, I am committed to this marriage!” At first glance that statement, spoken in the midst of a struggling or failing marriage, sounds encouraging, hopeful, even heroic. And to a great degree, a commitment to not give up or walk away...
by Pastor Jim | Sep 29, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
While visiting a friend recently, I happen to look up and noticed the ceiling fan, which was intended to have five blades, had one blade missing. Of course, the preacher in me had to take a picture; it is amazing the kind of things that can end up being a sermon...
by Pastor Jim | Sep 22, 2019 | Blog
“I just want to do something, be involved with something that has eternal value.” I would hope that would be the desire of every believer in Jesus Christ; that we could somehow really comprehend that we are just “strangers and foreigners” in...
by Pastor Jim | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog
A few weekends ago I shared this thought: Jesus says, “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me…..and you will find rest for you souls.” (Matthew 11:29) Not “poof” but “pull”. Thankfully we are not left to...
