9 “Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors...
We are in the middle of an election season. As we look around at the political landscape we see that we live in hyper-partisan, very divisive times. There are many unfortunate and complex reasons for this… but one set of factors that always feature prominently are where and...
Our lives are a ‘work in progress’. The choices we make, the habits we develop, the opportunities we seize, all work together in building this unique life that each of us live. We can’t overestimate the impact of the roads we choose to walk… they make us...
Have you ever been in love with someone who didn’t love you back? It’s a terrible feeling. There is nothing you can DO. You can be at your best, try your hardest, bend over backwards, but there is no amount of effort, success, honor, fame, or fortune that can make someone love...
I did the math real quick yesterday… there are 168 hours in each week. As I gave the benediction when worship services ended yesterday, I reminded all of us at St. Andrew about this simple fact: as we closed the hour of worship there were still 167 hours remaining until this...
In just two short weeks we will launch our Fall worship theme! BASIC Reclaim the simple, full, and beautiful journey of the church that is described in Scripture Francis Chan challenges; “if all I had was the Bible… and I was to read this book and...
Have you ever been rescued from a stormy sea? Or, maybe rescued from some other perilous circumstances… a tornado, a blizzard, a fire, an illness? If you have then you know how terrifying the danger can be… and feeling like you might not...
If you could have one wish and have it granted to you… what would you wish for? Think about it deeply and seriously for a moment. Wishing and wanting is such a part of our culture and experience that we may never really get past the desire to lavish fortune, fame, pleasure...
Its amazing how often this world compels us towards our worse selves. We want to secure what we need for ourselves and our families… so we worry and work and obsess and, even when we have enough, we still worry and work and obsess some more. We want to feel good about...
When the apostle Paul is praying to God so that God might remove some insurmountable hardship that was afflicting him… God declares to Paul, “my grace is sufficient for you… my strength is made perfect in weakness”. (2...