December 27, 2013
by Steve Olson What if we just stopped today? What if we just stopped for a moment and instead of rushing about, we sang? What if we stopped today? What if we just stayed where we are in the moment, avoided that exchange counter or the once in a season sale? What if we just stopped and sang/ What if, instead of cleaning up and checking all the email that came in while we…
December 26, 2013
by Rev. Julie G. Hutson But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison. -Acts 8: 3 This verse from Acts is a reminder to us of the possibility to turn one’s life around. Saul was the greatest persecutor of the church. He regularly killed and imprisoned these early Christ-followers. He was…
December 25, 2013 – Christmas Day
by Rev. Julie G. Hutson In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. -Luke 2:8 Of all of the characters in the cast of the nativity story, I wonder the most about the shepherds. After all, they were not like the magi, who were expecting the Messiah to come. And they weren’t like Mary and Joseph who clearly knew that…