How often have you had a great meal with good friends or family and determined that the restaurant is five stars. But the next time you go to that same restaurant and order the same dish but you’re having an argument with your spouse, the food is mediocre at best. What happened? Is it a […]
On Wed, July 25 at 5:30pm, we will be showing “I Can Only Imagine” at the church! This is an easy way to invite friends to church for a meaningful movie presentation. Tickets are… free, just bring your favorite movie snack and join us. To view the trailer for the film, just click the pic.
I always prided myself on my lack of enemies. I thought it wise to make friends with everyone, to alienate nobody, and to always avoid making an enemy. This comes from a lifetime of modeling this method, fearing others (a bullying story for another day), and a misreading of scripture. While I still think it […]
I have two girls driving home from CHIC, a triennial youth discipleship conference for my denomination, as I write this. So reading today’s passage seemed a little more than coincidence. You see, one of my favorite memories is my ride home from CHIC in 1988. We were driving in a coach bus late at night […]
“Be careful who you associate with, for they will drag you down with them.” This axiom was regularly quoted by adults as I was growing up in the ’70s and ’80s. Afraid of an increasingly dangerous and hostile world, our parents warned us again and again about our choices of friends. And today with teens […]