Rethinking Relevant Church - Taking on Goliath’s Challenge

What is it that makes the church/Christianity relevant? Some Christians must think being loud and obnoxious is what it takes to be relevant. I am very thankful that is a small handful of people. Some Christians think we are relevant when America is considered a Christian nation. I am glad that God’s kingdom is much [...]

An Encouragement from Ephesians 2

The book of Ephesians is full of encouraging words and truths about God. One of my favorites is found in 2:6 - “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of [...]

Eutychus Helps Us Say Goodbye

On his way to Jerusalem Paul stops in Troas. There we find a story in Acts 20 that almost seems out of place. Needing to leave the next day they stay up late into the night breaking bread and listening to Paul preach. A young man named Eutychus made his way to the window and [...]

Memories of Heaven

After reading some thoughts on moving here, it got me thinking about how many of our memories are attached to places we have lived. I grew up in a little town called Union, Missouri just west of St. Louis. I spent the first 13 years of my life in a little ranch style house on [...]