Posts tagged “Forever”
Heirlooms
Last spring, an old neighbor of my grandmother’s passed away, and it turned out she had a bench that used to be on my…
Make room for lasting friendships
If you’ve seen the movie The Sandlot, you’ll know something about my childhood. I grew up on a dead-end street filled with boys. We…
Your future self: Hope for the New Year
I love New Year’s! It’s a time of forgetting what is behind and pressing on toward what’s ahead (Philippians 3:13 paraphrase). A time of…
Jesus is the more your heart longs for
My husband, Steve, and I recently visited an art museum. We didn’t have a lot of time, but we were in a big city…
There’s room on Team Jesus for you
I hope there’s ice cream in heaven. I know I won’t be sad if there isn’t, but if there is, that will be special….
You are royalty
On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, passed away at the age of 96. The world watched in fascination at the…
Stick with grace
I took some unofficial measurements of the offering boxes in our church lobby and the cross that hangs in our sanctuary. I discovered that…
“Pastor, do you keep these commandments?”
One evening after teaching a classroom of teenagers about sex, marriage, and living together, a young man raised his hand and asked, “Pastor Mike,…
Making sense of Revelation
You might be surprised to hear that Pastor Mike is preaching a sermon series on the book of Revelation. Maybe you’ve heard that Revelation…
Praise the Lord!
I really like the way Psalm 106 starts: “Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever….
Let’s bring back Easter
I feel bad for Easter. They say that Christmas and Easter are the two biggest days for Christianity, but compared to Christmas, Easter is…
Jesus’ sequel
The number-one movie at the box office recently was a sequel to a movie that came out 36 years earlier. Many will argue the…