Why Believe? How do we know God exists? (John 1)

MOTIVATE In one of my children’s watched movies is an ironic scene about the nature of morality. The movie is called “Wreck-It-Ralph,” and if it helps, Ralph is basically the man in the arcade game “Donkey Kong.” In the movie, all the arcade characters have a real life in their own world. For years, the…

Cross-centered Living (Matthew 27)

MOTIVATE One evening in an American city two men pulled up in a car and stopped at a traffic signal.[1] On the prowl the two men saw a young woman walking alone on the sidewalk. They followed the woman to an apartment complex and seized her, and then took her to an empty schoolground to…

Cross-centered Living (Matthew 18:1-14)

MOTIVATE On Tuesday, March 23 a 1,300’ long (3.6 football fields), 200,000-tonne shipping container ran aground the Suez Canal amid high winds and a sandstorm that affected visibility.[1] Experts have been considering several ways to dislodge the vessel’s blockage but to no avail. The blockage is causing a significant traffic jam in the Red Sea…

Cross-centered Living (Matthew 17:1-9)

MOTIVATE When I go to a restaurant, I seldom order an appetizer. Added cost… even worse when someone else is paying bc you don’t want to appear greedy. Added confusion. When does it arrive (before/with meal)? Is it shareable (depends!)? Match meal? Added calories. Certain foods and certain restaurants – their calories don’t count 😊…