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...
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...
Everything was supposed to be GREAT once the Israelite entered into the Promised Land after Moses led them through the wilderness for 40 years and Joshua led them to victory and conquest. Unfortunately, it was anything but great. It was a trial, it was a struggle, it was full of...
Do we worship any false gods? It’s a more complicated question than we give it credit for. Most of us would say no. Our common-sense understanding of worshipping ‘false’ gods has usually meant the notion of believing in an alternative religion and professing the existence...
HISTORY'S HEROES: A LEGACY OF FAITH FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT Bernard of Chartes coined the phrase “standing on the shoulders of giants”. It describes the way any current generation achieves greatness, not in its own right, but by building on the great work...
God is always doing something new! The challenge is whether or not we are going to recognize it Too many times our inability to see the BIG-ness of God, God’s love, God’s will, God’s plan keeps us from great opportunities to be a transformative power for good and for God in...