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Advent Family Readings Week 2: Preparation

Download PDF version here Sunday, December 8th Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10 This passage is full of images of lions and lambs eating straw together and babies playing with cobras. What makes these images so special? Jesus brings peace and safety. In preparation … Continue reading

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Advent Family Readings Week 1: Hope

Download PDF here Sunday, December 1st Reading: Isaiah 40:1-5 How do you think the Israelites felt that aſter years of horrible suffering at the hands of foreign enemies God was going to bring them comfort, peace, and forgiveness of sins? … Continue reading

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Making an Adventure Out of Advent

I was tired of Christmas feeling like a drive-by shooting; a loud bang, then all of a sudden I feel really tired and have an overwhelming sense of having been robbed. But there’s a different way, an ancient way, to … Continue reading

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Life After Church Camp

I just finished 7 days of church camp. I loved it. I loved being pulled on as pastor. I loved walking on the razor edge between my exhaustion and God’s strength. I was poured out. Night after night, I taught. … Continue reading

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Seeds of Heaven

“The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants … Continue reading

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A Pastoral Response to the Waldo Canyon Fire

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