“O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!” On this last Sunday of the church year, God is…
People of God - you are not responsible for creating the faith within you – those seeds were planted long before you were born. But how you use what God…
Pastor Chris shares a video that shows how, in 2023, the people Ascension shared the most important story of all, the story of Jesus, who comes as a baby in…
So, keep running. Do not be weary and do not lose heart but set aside every weight and sin that seeks to diminish your joy and separate you from the…
Resistance is the path of the follower of Jesus. Resistance to the lies of this world, to oppression, to injustice, to silence, to apathy, to loss, even to the power…
I know the parable is about walking away from the invitation and welcome of our God. Yet, I am convinced that this wedding banquet was message enough for those who…
The problem we have with generosity is that we want to control it, manage it, and conform it to our vision of what and who is worthy of it. But…
The beauty of the Good News is that when our own efforts fall short, God’s grace is beyond anything we could even imagine. There is no mathematical formula for grace.…
The gift of this multicultural church family, the ministries entrusted to us, and our very lives are all, at their heart, worship. And as Children of God, isn’t that our…
Jesus rebukes Peter so harshly in this week’s Gospel precisely because the temptation Peter holds out is so alluring, so deceptive, and so insidious: “You don’t have to do the hard thing.…