But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural
Prayer- As a Way of Life Why do we pray? If God already knows our heart and mind, why “bother” Him with prayer? I don’t know how many times I’ve encountered people who think that prayer
Rev. Dan Lewis speaks on John 16 and Jesus speaking on the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Daily Prayer As we continue to look at prayer over the next couple of weeks in our Friday emails, I want to preface this one with an opportunity. Christiane and I will be leading a 4-week
Praying for Peace- Sailors Prayer is one of the greatest privileges we have as children of God. God invites us into relationship with Him and gives us a powerful way to know Him better. Not only
Christ's Resurrection wasn’t just a demonstration of raw power it was the most unbelievable act of Love of all time, he included me and you in this miracle. We don’t just celebrate the power of God
We added a Good Friday service this year for, what we can tell, is the first in our 184 year history (since we already have a traditional 12-3pm service). Dr. Christiane Meyer gave the inaugural address
“It is finished and he bowed his head, and gave up His Spirit.” John 19:30 In everything we experience, reflect on, and remember on Good Friday, the most succinct and poignant words we can remember is
There is a phrase in the Eucharist liturgy that, until recently, didn’t impact me much. With so much repetition it had become commonplace in my hearing, but now it is tremendously profound every time I read
In Phil 2 we have the most poignant distillation of humility displayed anywhere, at anytime, by God himself. It is poetic and beautiful description of the Incarnation, alongside an account of Jesus’ humble journey to crucifixion,
The Humility of Palm Sunday When I was in college, my roommate and I had an argument. It wasn’t the conventional roommate arguments of cleanliness or being courteous about sleeping schedules. No, our argument was about
In our passage today we have one of the most dramatic and straight forward words from Jesus about his identity as God in flesh. Often he spoke in parables, and many times after performing miracles he