This past Sunday at church, I told everyone that Rachel (my wife) made an old family cookie recipe that goes back several generations. That old Swedish cookie is called “Pepparkakor.” The house smelled wonderful as the first batch of cookies baked in the oven. The aroma took me back to when I was a child…
John weeks looked into the origins of the word Advent (the church season we are in right now) and this is what he discovered… The word Advent comes from the Latin word, “advenire”, conjugated as “adventus” which is a combination word of “ad” meaning, “to” or “toward” and “venire”, “come” which is conjugated as ventus,…
We enter into another busy season! Instead of trying to do it all, let us slow down a bit. Maybe instead of buying presents for everyone, we could give a better gift of being fully present in people’s lives this season.
We finish up our sermon series on our core Values at CLC. There are blessings to receive when we are generous. It may sound too good to be true but it is not.
By the time I write my next article, it will be the season of Advent. We will be getting ready for the advent of our King. Before we get to that next season of the church, I want to take a moment to wish you, your family and your friends a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving….
We continue our exploration of our core values at CLC. In this message, I talk about the importance of learning and to understand what underpins our faith and what does not!
If you worshipped with us over the past two weeks, we’ve been spending time talking about core values. These values aren’t things we aspire to be, they are things we do right now and our goal is to do them well. Our mission statement and our core values are clearly described on our website: https://communitylv.org/what-we-believe….
We are spending some time looking at our core values at CLC. Today, we explore the importance of worship and why we gather to worship. More than that, we are reminded why we worship because of what Martin Luther discovered and shared with the world.
Dr. Travis Bradberry is the foremost expert on “Emotional Intelligence.” Most of us know about IQ (intelligence quotient) but everyone also possesses some level of EQ (emotional quotient). It is quite possible that being emotionally healthy is more important than “how smart you are.” Emotionally healthy people are happier people. In Dr. Bradberry’s latest article…
We conclude the sermon series on the Old Testament prophet Daniel. We begin with what we have learned so far and conclude with Daniel’s time in the Lion’s Den.
