Nehemiah 1:1-4 I am a person who has always enjoyed playing board games. It really doesn’t matter what it is, I just enjoy sitting around the house, getting competitive and playing games. Lately, it has been Scattergories with my wife, Meredith and our friend, Julia.  I somehow always win! Anyways, growing ... Continue

Colossians 3:15-17 Psalm 150 states these words, "Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.  Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,  praise him ... Continue

Exodus 3:1-10; 4:1-4/Colossians 1: 16; 2:6-7 Together over the next five weeks, we are going to consider how we can live the life God has intended for us – a life that truly thrives. It is my intention to help us understand that a life that truly thrives is one that ... Continue

  Mark 16:1-8 Last year on this day, I headed home after Easter service with daffodils.  Daffodils have always been Meredith’s favorite flower, and when the time came to order Easter flowers, I made sure to order at least one of them. Meredith enjoyed them for awhile, but to be honest, she ... Continue

Would you agree that life is shaped by the good, the bad, and the ugly?  (Isn’t that a movie title?)  What I mean is our life’s circumstances, whether good, bad, or ugly, tend to shape us into the people we are today. The son who spends countless hours with his father ... Continue

If you inherited a few million dollars, what would you do with it? It is not a question I have been asked most recently, but as a teenager in high school it was a question that was asked all the time. Usually my response was that I would buy a big home, ... Continue

Being the fourth Sunday of Lent, we are going to discuss another topic that we all have certainly encountered and will continue to encounter on our road to Hope – temptation.  Temptation!  It’s a topic we hate to address, but unfortunately one we all can relate to, right? Whether we are ... Continue

This past week the news reported that our economy added 227,000 new jobs in the month of February alone.  Now, despite how impressive that number seems, it also reported that the unemployment rate has stayed the same.  It was another disheartening truth that our economy is still struggling considerably.  It ... Continue

Mark 11:1-11 Do you ever wish you were somebody else?  Do you ever wake up and think to yourself: “my life just isn’t that good.  I wish I was so and so, they have it made!”  Growing up I wanted to be Carl Lewis.  Carl was a decorated Olympic runner who ... Continue

"Are we there yet? Are we there yet?”  This is probably the most asked question in the car as any family heads out on a vacation.   And, it is a question that I think is birthed in boredom and excitement. What child wants to sit in the back of a car ... Continue