Dear Church…Making the World a Better Place
We continue on in our sermon series and we tackle a tough issue… justice and advocacy. What does it mean to be a voice for the voiceless and does Jesus even care about such things? Listen in and find out.
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Dear Church…Love
We begin a new sermon series called, “Dear Church…” where we will spend time looking at the most important things the church should be about. We begin with love. Everything we do is informed by love. Note: the first few seconds were cut off but you’ll get what I am talking about.
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Article: So What’s Your Plan?
Here we are in 2020. My does time fly! In 1998, Community Lutheran Church was engaged in a strategic planning process called “Vision 2020” and here we are. Now I don’t remember the conclusions of that report but that doesn’t matter now. What does matter are the plans we make for the coming year. Maybe…
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When It Is Time To Flee
There is a reason we like nativity scenes… they leave out a very difficult story that is ugly. However, the hardest stories can teach us the most.
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Article: I’ve Been Pondering…
It is only a couple of days after Christmas and I am still thinking about the beautiful evening and morning of worship on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at Community Lutheran Church. I can’t help but think about the end of the Christmas story in Luke chapter 2 where it says, “But Mary treasured up all…
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Christmas 2019: Have a Little Hope
Christmas is a reminder that we can have hope in our future because Jesus comes to us and walks with us throughout our lives and beyond.
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Ordinary People, Extraordinary Moments: Joseph
We look at another ordinary person who was led to an extraordinary moment… Jesus’ step-dad Joseph. He wanted nothing to do with this moment but God helped him out. Maybe you’re not ready for your next step of faith but God will guide the way.
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Article: Kindness Matters
Have you ever heard of people setting up lending libraries outside? A talented carpenter might build a box with glass doors and set it up outside so that people can borrow books. It is an act of kindness and generosity knowing they might not get the books back. Yesterday, I ran across a different kind…
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Article: Hard Times and a Circumstantial Faith
Its been several weeks since I wrote an article and a lot has happened since my last article. I moved from Northern California to Las Vegas, NV. I returned to Community Lutheran Church to serve as their Senior Pastor. (I was once an Associate Pastor at CLC. I got a promotion!) Rachel my wife had…
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Ordinary People, Extraordinary Moments: Zechariah
We begin a new series entitled “Ordinary People, Extradordinary Moments.” God uses ordinary regular people and leads them to extraordinary moments. Today we begin with a regular guy named Zechariah who experienced real life disappointment yet God does something extraordinary.
