Rev. Donna Vande Kieft The celebration of Easter this year occurred while I was at sea experiencing a wonderful Sea Sabbatical. Spending time with a variety of people from other states, countries, and cultures provided reflection time on history and various leadership successes and failures. The resurrection of Jesus that Christians celebrate at Easter leads…
Pastor Larry Sundin Most of us are familiar with Psalm 23. This Psalm is often read at memorial services. It is a beloved passage of Scripture by many. It’s a Psalm of David, who used this metaphor of a Shepherd to describe His personal relationship with God. The first few verses read like this: The Lord is…
Pastor Frank DeFusco 1 Peter 3:15 exhorts the believer to always be ready to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason for the hope that is in you. Some ask in earnest, while others seek to trip you up. To the former, engage with them humbly and with reverential awe. To…
Pastor Ash Dotson Happy New Year from Oasis United Methodist Church! I am Pastor Ash Dotson and you are invited to join us each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the Laredo Room for worship! Let’s begin the year with love! John 7:17-18: “Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the…
Pastor Larry Sundin If I had one Scripture to define how God has cared for and nurtured Rock Springs Church for the past 10 years, it’s this one from Psalm 86: But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. Psalm 86:15 God has been…
Pastor Larry Sundin, Rock Springs Church Back in the ’60s, singer Jackie DeShannon struck a note with us when she sang these lyrics: “What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” What our world needed then it still needs today. Families are frustrated with…
Chet Kwiat Psalm 46:10 When things get a little crazy, and seem to be out of control, as they often do, we tend to want to do something. In an early book, Dr. John Maxwell had a chapter titled, “Don’t just do something, stand there.” That goes against our natural impulses. We feel like we…
Pastor Larry Sundin, Rock Springs Church What’s coming in the future has always been a mystery to mankind. There are those who believe that mankind can solve all our problems and make our world a better place. They believe we can make our world a place where all people prosper, where all people are treated…
A walk of faith necessarily entails an earnest search for union with an ethereal, higher power. Many people pursue their search in structured church worship, while others seek connection through informal assembly with like-minded sojourners or simply by making time for silent individual prayer. Whatever the form of worship practice, the common aspiration remains spiritual…
Pastor Frank DeFusco In Matthew 24:1, Jesus’ disciples ask him to show them when the Temple will be thrown down, and what the sign of both his return and that of the end of the world will be. In verses 4 and 5 he warns them not to be deceived, for many will come in…