One of the tasks of lent is to inspect ourselves so we can offer up our sins and shortcomings to Christ. This is an excellent time of the year to ask yourself, “What kind of fruit am I bearing?” Another more important question might be, “Am I good fruit inspector?” Listen to Pastor Cheryl’s talk […]
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday. So, what do Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day have to do with each other? Well, both holidays deal with the subject of love and the attributes of God’s love are similar to the attributes of romantic love. Listen to Pastor Cheryl’s talk on Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day.
We are beginning our Lenten Season starting this Transfiguration Sunday. Lenten season has always been fraught and complex season for protestants. We don’t want people to punish themselves for their sin, we understand that Christ made that payment two thousand years ago. We cling to Christ’s grace for our salvation, but we want to take […]
Have you ever shared something spiritual with a Christian friend and their response was, “That sounds really good, but do you have a chapter and verse to base that teaching on?” As protestant Christians we base our Christian walk on the bible. We can thank John Wycliffe for that high view of scripture. In 1378 […]
What does the psalmist mean when he says that God is our hiding place in Psalm 32:7? Does it mean that Christians are escapist running from the reality of this world? Actually, the psalmist is talking about what it means to trust God in our world. Listen to Pastor Cheryl talk about God being our […]
Christianity has three celebrations for the Christmas season. In the first celebration, we prepare ourselves for the coming of Christ in our lives, we call this celebration Advent. In the second celebration, we celebrate Christ’s presence in our lives and we call this celebration Christmas. In the third celebration, we ponder how Christ’s presence spreads […]
Merry Christmas!! Today Pastor Cheryl has a lesson from George Baily from the movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life!” as she speaks on the Christ’s Candle and teaches us what it means for Christ to be born in our hearts today.
So, we are here!! The fourth lesson of advent, the lesson of Joy. Joy was felt by Mary at the annunciation, by shepherds after they left the Christ-child and by the wisemen when they realized the significance of the star. While “Joy” is written in big gold letters in shopping malls, many people don’t feel […]
This is the third lesson of Advent. On this lesson we contemplate Bethlehem and the lessons of love and peace. It is curious that we pair the gifts of love and peace with Bethlehem. Bethlehem was not a peaceful or loving place for Mary, Joseph and Christ child at Christ’s birth because they had no […]
The story of Christ’s birth is filled with ordinary people serving God in miraculous ways. When we read the story, we know it has a happy ending but there were so many things that could have gone wrong in this story. So how did such ordinary people follow the extraordinary plan that God had for […]