This past Sunday I preached on the first part of our mission statement at CLC. It states that we are church of real people. Essentially, we are imperfect people seeking Jesus. The church is full of broken people in varying degrees, including myself. Although God is perfect, he doesn’t demand perfection from us. God knows…
We begin the most important week of the year: Holy Week. Jesus came to forgive. To repair what was broken shortly after creation: Our Rebellion. On Good Friday, Jesus gave his life as a ransom so that we can be truly free. Much happens between Palm Sunday and Easter morning. More than we can describe…
What does the face of Jesus look like in the world? It looks like this… Please click on the play button and watch. You will not regret it. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/students-raise-funds-to-make-playground-inclusive-for-those-with-disabilities/ It resembles Jesus whispering into the ears of children to help other children. It looks like the Holy Spirit giving power to an idea that becomes…
I like the season of Lent. This is the time I dig deep and look inside myself. In the words of Alcoholics Anonymous, I take a “fearless moral inventory” of my life. I know some people make New Year’s resolutions; I prefer the internal reflection over the 40 days of Lent. No rush and no…
What kind of God do you want? Or to put it a different way, what kind of God do you believe in? John the Baptist was expecting one kind of God. A God who will bring punishment. John talked extensively to the crowds about what God is like and what God is going to do…
We’ve been spending some time on the weekends telling stories about people who found themselves in a “jam.” No likes obstacles or trouble, but they are a fact of life. Some of the most revered people of the Bible faced great difficulties. The question is not how to avoid all potential jams because we can’t….
I’ve been thinking a lot about water. Specifically, the water supply in southern Nevada. As most of you know, our water supply has been dwindling for the past 20 years. Lake Mead has served as our primary water source since 1935 when Hoover Dam was completed. As most of you know the water serves another…
We come to the last few days of the year with an eye on New Year’s Day. Even as the world has moved on from Christmas, that is the season we are in and will be until Epiphany on January 6th. I know it seems odd that it is still Christmas. After all, the stores…
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,…
