In December of 2015, villagers from the Gongchi Village in Jingchuan County, China, found a box with an inscription that claims that it contains the collected remains of Siddhārtha Gautama, the man known as “the Buddha” and the founder of Buddhism, while repairing roads in the area. While reading about the celebrations that broke out […]

Have you ever felt that you heard a still small voice that guided you through the most difficult of times? Even if you have never heard a literal voice, let me assure you that scripture assures us that God is guiding us even when we can’t see His hand. Listen to Pastor Cheryl’s Podcast on […]

Christ said in John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” What does Jesus mean by saying, that His peace is not as the world gives? Jesus’ peace is […]

It is one of my greatest griefs that many Christians fear that their confession of faith in Jesus Christ is not enough to save them. They fear that somehow they didn’t pray the sinner’s prayer correctly, or their baptism wasn’t enough. Listen to my blog about the confidence that we have in own confession of […]

At our church we are growing Easter Butterflies. O.K., they are not butterflies yet; they are caterpillars. When I first showed them in church they started out as larvae. They appeared like little worms crawling up the plastic cup that I showed to the congregation. Now they have grown into plumb fuzzy caterpillars, spinning their webs up the side […]

Some churches do not observe the season of Lent, but we do. Lent is an observance commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry, during which he endured temptation by Satan. In this season we contemplate our mortality and […]

Many Christians, I think, misinterpret Lent and Ash Wednesday as a time to punish themselves for their sins. As a Christian minister, let me assure you that there is no need to punish yourself for your sins. Jesus paid that price on the cross. As Protestants we view Lent and Ash Wednesday through the eyes […]

So, have you felt it? Have you felt the ground shift beneath your feet? In these last few years in the pandemic, we’ve discovered that world that we felt was so stable could easily be destabilized by virus. And just as we thought we were coming out of the darkness of this pandemic we were […]

It’s the day after St. Valentine’s Day and the rose’s are wilted, the chocolate is half eaten but kindness remains. Kindness is a byproduct of love. Kindness is a great gift from God, but physicians also discovered that it is good for our health. One of the great reasons that Christians show kindness is because […]

One of the saddest fears that Christians experience is the fear that somehow their profession of faith isn’t enough. Many Christians speak of making a public profession of faith more than once out of fear that the first one didn’t take. Listen to Pastor Cheryl talk about our salvation’s security in the Grace of God. […]