Posts tagged “Forever”
Forever people
Every person you meet today will be around forever. Do you realize that? Every person you talk with today is going to be around…
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…