The story of Rahab in Joshua 2 is a powerful example of how a person’s response to a situation can change the trajectory of their life and the lives of their family in a moment. Before Rehab encountered the spies, she and the rest of Jericho heard about God’s deliverance of His people from the strong oppression in Egypt.  Read More

Sometimes, we can be resistant when the Lord changes our plans to accommodate his plan for our lives. But thank God, Mary and Joseph were willing to surrender their plans to accommodate the will of God not only, for their lives but for all who would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.  Read More

In Matthew’s gospel, chapter 28, we read about the resurrection of Christ. The first few verses depict how the event of the resurrection unfolded as recorded by St. Matthew. In verse 6, he proclaims, “He is not here: He is risen.” In the final verses of this chapter (18 – 20), Jesus states “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you….and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.”  Read More

To grow older in the Lord, in the family of faith is a beautiful thing. God walks with us and carries us through each step of the way. Isaiah 46:3-4 says: Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob, all the remnant of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have carried since you were born. Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.  Read More

Advent is a season of expectation. A time of preparation. A time for us to do what many in Bethlehem did not do on the night Mary and Joseph were looking for shelter… prepare and make room for Jesus.  Read More

As you may have heard, things can be “lost in translation” and while that often is true, it is the role of the interpreter to ensure there is the least lost as possible. That is never more true than when you are engaging in simultaneous interpreting for a sermon, live in front of hundreds or thousands of people. Your brain is working a million miles a minute to register what is being said in English, in a millisecond, finding the correct translation vocabulary, putting it in the correct syntax, finding equivalences for any idioms the preacher used so that the audience will get it, and then delivering the message, all of this while simultaneously listening to the next sentences the preacher is saying to start the whole process again for each sentence.  Read More

With the way our world is built, you would think that we, as humanity, would get used to changes. There are four different seasons every year that cause us to have to adjust our clothing, our thermostats, and even our clocks. Every 4 years, we are faced with changes in our political system here in America. As we get older our bodies change and, hopefully, even our mentality. Change is inevitable.  Read More

A deer tried to kill me last week. You read that correctly. I was on my way to church after school to pick something up and as I was getting off on the exit, a deer rammed the front driver side of my pickup truck. The massive collision caused both of my side airbags to deploy essentially totaling the truck. For those who know me, you will know that truck was a gift to me after my father passed away back in November 2021. It was the truck he owned before he passed and it was left to me. To me this was his final true gift to me.  Read More

I want us to take this time to read the sobering words of James. With government shutdowns and with people who are facing food scarcity in and around our congregation, we must embrace our role as the hands and feet of Jesus. Where power embraces power and looks to scratch the back of others who can return the favor, it is not so in the church.  Read More

It makes no sense for the best man to try to woo the bride (the church) and bring her attention to him when it should be placed on the groom (Jesus). As a worship leader, as a pastor, I am NOT the groom! I am just the friend of the groom and as such my job is to hype up the groom in the eyes of the bride.  Read More

When I selfishly keep some of these burdens such as bodily pain, sickness, grief, job situations, and other things that are not necessarily caused by me to myself, I deny some of my closest people that I call brothers and sisters the opportunity to help fulfill the law of Christ. In my own arrogance of saying, “I can do this on my own.”, I negate the fact that God has called us to community ON PURPOSE.  Read More

Covenants are not just a binding legal agreement; they are personal and relational in nature. There was a point in my life where I made a true commitment to living a life that is pleasing to God. Where I submitted my life to be lorded over by the King of Kings. This was not an agreement that I took lightly, and it stands to this day.  Read More