Prayer for May 24, 2022: Please pray with me. God who is, I wonder what you think about your church? I wonder what you think about your church when it veers in the wrong direction — using your name for its own purposes, seeking power and control, and standing for…

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/kek78W5Xr1g The manuscript for the sermon is below: In 1992, the band REM released the song “Everybody Hurts.” It’s different than most of REM’s songs. The lead singer’s voice is very clear in this song. …

Prayer for May 19, 2022: Please pray with me. God of the multitudes. God of every race, peoples, tribes, nations, and languages. God of all creation. These are the things we claim about you. I wonder if we actually believe it though. How can we match up those titles with…

I don’t even know what to say anymore honestly. Mass shootings are a tragedy in one sense. It’s a tragedy that doesn’t even need to happen. The real tragedy is that we, as a society, refuse to do anything at all to prevent future shootings. It’s sinful. It’s popular to…

I recently saw a post that essentially said that if you are well adjusted individual and you are doing just fine given all the insanity that is going on in this nation currently, that you should really have your head checked. How are you doing? If you ask me that…

The video link for today’s sermon is — https://youtu.be/qTarpws__eY The text from today’s sermon is: Predictions about the end of the world are one of the most common things in history. Since the time that Jesus walked the earth, there have literally been hundreds, if not thousands, of predictions about the end of the world. These…

Ugg. Apparently we like to be really ticked off at each other in this nation and find ways to make enemies of our fellow citizens. Everyone has to have their thing and I guess this is just what America is really good at currently. Yay! What do I think about…

I’ve been thinking about Christianity a lot lately. I’ve been thinking specifically about why so many professed Christians do the exact opposite of what Jesus calls on his followers to do. It’s a bit mind-boggling. Why would anyone profess to be an adherent and followers of someone or a faith…

We have a multitude of faiths in our nation. Some of them are traditional religious faiths — like Christianity. But also other faith traditions are here as well in this nation — Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and more are just a few examples. And there are other non-traditional religious faiths that…