I am currently visiting my father in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Rice Lake is in the northwest portion of the state. I believe the town is named after the lake and not the other way around. Although I leave for Chicago, IL tomorrow and then to Galesburg, IL after that, I am taking the time to…
We continue to look at what makes us tick at CLC. We believe that RADICAL GRACE is for all people! We receive unexpected kindness from Jesus and then give grace to others!
We continue on in our sermon series about our mission statment. We believe God accepts all and does not hold our baggage against us.
We begin a new sermon series revisiting our mission statement. One of the things we strive for at CLC is to be real. We want to be authentic and geniune.
I read an article this past week that touched my heart. I want to share a portion with you… Ayda Zugay isn’t someone who normally likes to save things. The walls of her Boston home are bare. She keeps a small bag packed with essential items in case she ever needs to leave quickly. But…
If you didn’t hear, Easter was last week. The core truth of Christianity is the resurrection of Jesus who is God in the flesh. Some people don’t believe that, and that’s ok. However, if you are a Christian, that is non-negotiable. I’ll be honest with you, its not really possible to call yourself a Christian…
This is Pastor Ben’s Easter message. Sometimes we need reminders that we are not alone and that someone is willing to walk with us through the dark times of our lives.
Jesus arrives in Jerusalem and there is a huge celebration praising Jesus for what they think Jesus is about. The crowd is wrong. They seek a political solution for a spiritual problem.
In 1959, Thomas Hoving, of New York’s Metropolitan Museum, purchased an ornate ivory cross from a Yugoslavian art collector for the museum. However, the cross wasn’t from Yugoslavia, it was from England and it was old. The cross is dated to c. 1150 AD. This altar cross contains ninety-two figures and ninety-eight inscriptions. The detailed…
We make our last stop on “The Journey” to Jerusalem. As Jesus was leaving Jericho, we see Jesus’ commitment to drawing people close to him and a man’s faith who was stronger than all the people following Jesus in that moment.
