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How can we ‘pray without ceasing’?

The first time I remember hearing the injunction to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17), I thought it was the strangest thing ever. How can you do that? We have lives that need living, after all. Admittedly I was a teenager at the time, and my imagination was still developing. We do tend to take…
Sunday Reflection – September 14, 2025

(There seems to be a problem with this site and YouTube videos. If by the time you are viewing this the problem has continued, you can access the reflection video at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6quhgUShFlI) Lost Things Luke 15 Tax collectors and sinners were all crowding around to listen to Jesus. 2 So the Pharisees and the teachers of…
Kids Korner: Lost Things (September 14th)

Read Luke 15:1-10 with your family. We have had a lot of hard and heavy things to talk about in the stories these past few weeks. This week, however, we have a nicer story. Something that reminds us how much God loves us. This week we are reading the stories of the lost sheep and…
Were there white people in the Bible?

I am sure by now most have seen the meme going around that declares there were no white people in the Bible and then suggest everyone waits while the person reading it gets with the message. I respect the intent and the point being made. It is a direct rebuttal to “white Jesus”, that is…
Sunday Reflection – September 7, 2025

The Cost of Discipleship Luke 14 25 Large crowds were walking along with Jesus, when he turned and said: 26 You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot follow me unless you love me more than you…
Kids Korner: Preparing to follow Jesus (September 7th)

Read Luke 14:25-33 with your family. We spend a lot of time talking about God’s call to help people who need our help and what we can do to help them. But we do not spend as much time talking about our plan for how to help, and what we need to have with us…
What is wrong with being wrong?

What is wrong with asking questions first rather than jumping to conclusions? Several years ago I passed a rally where recently ‘born again’ new Christians were trying to convince others that what they experienced was the way to real faith. They were definitely caught up in the excitement of something new. I got into a…
Sunday Reflection – August 31, 2025

Pick the less important seat Luke 14 One Sabbath, Jesus was having dinner in the home of an important Pharisee, and everyone was carefully watching Jesus. 7 Jesus saw how the guests had tried to take the best seats. So he told them: 8 When you are invited to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best…
Kids Korner: Act with humility (August 31st)

Read Luke 14:1, 7-14 with your family. Have you ever been to a wedding? Lots of times kids and teenager are never invited, but sometimes they are. When you get to the reception it is usually a big hall, and almost every table has cards that say who is supposed to sit where. The people…
Should we pray for a revival?

During congregational prayers this past Sunday, one of the older men said he wanted to pray for a revival of the church. He of course meant the church that he remembered from his youth, probably 1950’s or 1960’s. In his memory that was when the church was really good, when his social life revolved round…