Many learned the children’s song “Heaven is a Wonderful Place” in Sunday school. The song begins, “Heaven is a wonderful place, filled with glory and grace. I want to see my Father’s face. Yes! Heaven...  Read More

Homecoming, Part 2— My family has a very familiar relationship with death. Two years before I was born, my sister, Kelley Anne, passed away at the age of five from cancer. When I was five, my brother,...  Read More

Many learned the children’s song “Heaven is a Wonderful Place” in Sunday school. The song begins, “Heaven is a wonderful place, filled with glory and grace. I want to see my Father’s face. Yes! Heaven...  Read More

Homecoming, Part 1— When I was in high school, I ran cross country. I stand at 5 feet 11 inches, and my long legs gave me an advantage, especially on the downhills, where my stride could reach its ful...  Read More

Many learned the children’s song “Heaven is a Wonderful Place” in Sunday school. The song begins, “Heaven is a wonderful place, filled with glory and grace. I want to see my Father’s face. Yes! Heaven...  Read More

Type your new text here. Baptism Sunday— I remember when I was baptized... It was in 2006, in Cheat Lake. It was a pretty special day for me, but also a scary one. See, I pretty much grew up in the ch...  Read More

Immovable, Part 2— On Sunday, Pastor Tim spoke about the skepticism new readers of the Bible can sometimes face when reading stories that don’t quite fit within our sense of reality. He talked about t...  Read More

Today's Takeaway // Baptism is very meaningful. An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip: “Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So he got up and went. There was an Ethio...  Read More

A simple, predictable, monthly prayer list to engage, encourage, and equip our church to pray. What better thing to shape our prayer life than God’s own Word? When we engage God’s word, there are thr...  Read More

Foundations matter. If a building's foundation is not solid, the entire structure may collapse. For Christians, the Bible has always served as a foundation for our faith. In recent years, though, the ...  Read More

Immovable, Part 1— Has anyone ever asked you why you believe in the Bible? Why would you believe in something that was written thousands of years ago? How does the Bible pertain to us today?Since I gr...  Read More

Foundations matter. If a building's foundation is not solid, the entire structure may collapse. For Christians, the Bible has always served as a foundation for our faith. In recent years, though, the ...  Read More