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The Power in the “Water” The 2019 Blackwater, West Virginia Team trip has come to a close. Time to take a look back and reflect. One fact became very clear to me as the days unfolded; God was well ahead of us on this trip. For several years a team of youth, pastors and volunteers […]
“Bright before me the signs implore me:Help the needy and show them the way.Human kindness is overflowing,And I think it’s gonna rain today.” – Randy Newman I love the Bette Midler song “I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today”. It’s not about rain, it’s about sharing human kindness with others because we’ve got so much to […]
Scripture focus: Do you share the very best you have to offer when chatting with friends both in person or on social media? It’s easy to join in the gossip or talk about the news story, and super easy to click the share button on anything! Maybe a little too easy. 😉 Do you consider […]
Way back in the 1900’s, the ’70s to be precise, I was in elementary school. One of my favorite gym class activities was to glide across the floor on wooden skooters. Oh, the feeling of the wind in your hair and the sensation of speed! Well, we couldn’t go that fast but it seemed fast […]
Demonstrating God’s Love For Others Is God’s Timeless Plan for His Church 2 Corinthians 10:32-33 “Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they […]
Seeing a church on fire is very hard for anyone. I am reminded of the day my husband and I were on our way home from a trip celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary to learn that a church in the charge that would be my first appointment as a pastor starting in a couple of […]
Questions come to me weekly. Some are repeated more often than others. This one was asked recently and I was inspired to share the question and the answer with you here. ~ Pastor Theresa **************************************************** Q: Because you asked: “How do I convince my family and friends that my Christian values, morals and ethics are […]
Click and play the video above. We all have something in common. Certainly for many, we find a lot of common ground when we talk about the tv specials we enjoyed growing up. The end of the Peanuts’ Christmas special, for me, is always the peaceful, calm, sweet part of the show. I can’t help […]
Question: “How should I respond to the directive to me and others like me to go out and get in peoples’ faces and scream at them, telling them they’re not welcome and shouting them out of where they are, as a means of protest? I’m upset, too, but this isn’t my nature and it sounds […]
“Owning your piece of the pie” means accepting responsibility for your own role in a situation. I’ve watched people on the old tv box this morning once again place blame for their chosen and intentional behavior on someone else and it’s childish. Just plain childish. Any grown mature human knows that everyone who reported, posted, […]