The Ripple Effect: How One Drop Changes Everything
One early evening on a lonely country road, an old man was standing on a bridge, high above a deep river. He had just dropped a pebble over the railing to see how long it...
Mission: What If Blessing Is Our Job?
When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you...
Mission: What If There’s More To Do?
We have talked a lot about mission over the past few weeks. Here’s a recap… Mission is the sending of God to the world. We don’t bring God or Christ to others, God is already...
Mission: What If We Are Just Fixing Fish?
I want you to imagine for a moment. Imagine that a group of Christian missionaries from Israel came to Dunn, NC. And they looked around and they saw this great building and they observed our...
Mission: What If God Is Already There?
We spent a good amount of time last year working on our church mission statement. Our mission is to serve Christ by mutually supporting one another and embodying God’s grace and love for all This...
Lord, Do We See You?
Look at the image above and try to read it. It’s interesting that your brain can put this together into a phrase! Even though words are mispelled, you are still able to recognize the words. ...
in Community, Grace, Serving Others
Serving – You Have The Power To Heal
Read with me the Story of Simon’s Mother-In-Law from Mark 1:29-31. It’s kinda sad that in over 2000 years when a couple of guys walk into someone’s home they have no clue how to fend...
Baptism: Turning Towards Ministry
Introductory Reflection Yesterday (Saturday) was Epiphany. It is that Holy Day when we celebrate the Magi visiting Jesus and the star-studded revelation that led them to the Christ child. You were probably taught long ago...
Because – Context Matters
Read along with me from Matthew 25:1-13 – the Parable of the 10 Bridesmaids. I’ve never been a big fan of this story. But we all need to pay attention to stories that trouble us....