Hope Weekly

Yesterday in worship we observed my 55th birthday. Wait, that doesn’t sound right. While I appreciated all the prayers and good wishes, the actual focus was on the Third Sunday of Easter. The risen Christ appears to His disciples after Easter with His peace, His...

Yesterday in worship we observed the Second Sunday of Easter. Along with witnessing the risen Christ who confirms our faith, we heard the report of how the first Easter Christians lived as the community of believers. Their unity was striking, their generosity was striking, their...

Today is Easter Monday—Celebrate!Yesterday in worship we observed the Resurrection of Our Lord with Easter Sunday. It was a tremendous time of rejoicing with happy people, a flowering cross, meaningful music,  and the world-changing, life-transforming proclamation that HE IS RISEN. (Oh, and delicious breakfast, too.)...

Yesterday in worship we had our annual observance of Palm Sunday. It is a joyful occasion to shout our Hosannas to the coming King as Jesus enters Jerusalem. Yet it is also sorrowful since we know He enters His Holy City to submit to bitter...

Yesterday in worship we observed the Fifth Sunday in Lent and heard Jesus’ stirring counter-cultural call to all His disciples—“Whoever wants to be great among you will be your servant.” That is a direct response to Christ’s own sacrificial service, His willingness “to serve and...

Yesterday in worship we observed the Fourth Sunday in Lent and focused on the distinctive difference we Christians are equipped to make in the world. It starts with God who is rich in mercy and flows from His grace that saves us. Without that, we...

Yesterday in worship we observed the Third Sunday in Lent and turned our attention to Jesus’ cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem. Passion for His Father’s house moved Him to action to restore the holiness of God’s sanctuary. Jesus wanted nothing to hinder people from...

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Yesterday in worship we observed the Second Sunday in Lent and, praise the Lord, there were no disruptions, outages, cancellations, etc. In fact, we had the added celebration of a baby shower for the Songolos! Our spiritual attention was directed to the contrast between human...

Well, is this the new normal—consistent inconsistency, predictable unpredictability, continual discontinuity?Should we expect to encounter some crisis/tragedy/upheaval every week?I hope not!But thank God we have the Firm Foundation, Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Yesterday in worship we observed the First Sunday...