Church Is A Team Sport (1 Cor 9:24-27)

  MOTIVATE I love sports. Competitive sports have been a part of my life since as far back as I can remember. I started playing t-ball at the age of 4 and continued in baseball through age 18. I have played in baseball, basketball, football, and even bowling leagues. For fun I have tried dozens…

Supper Manners (1 Corinthians 11:17-34)

MOTIVATE           Table Manners from previous centuries[1]  –          Some people put their hands in the dishes the moment they have sat down.  Wolves do that. –          Do not keep your knife always in your hand, as village people do, but take it only when you need it. –          Do not put back on your plate what…

Everlasting Father (Isa 9:6)

MOTIVATE –          VIDEO: BROWN CHILDREN’S NAME When I became a father for the first time I felt a sense of awesome responsibility. We had been married for 6 years and that was humbling in itself. Then when our first child came things had changed even more in that we were now responsible for the care…

Prince of Peace (Isa 9:6)

Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’ birth. At his birth the Angels sang, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” (Luke 2:14). Yet, when he was born where was the peace? –       Mary was a teenager curious and confused. She dreamed of an ideal wedding…