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Perfect Peace
There’s a phrase that the Bible uses in Philippians 4:7 that has always captured my imagination, “The peace that passes understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”...
A Trailblazing Adventure (The transition from SpringHill to VBS)
For the past nine years, February 14 has had a special second meaning to me and many parents in...
It’s Gonna Be Super! - Congregational Meeting, 2026
It’s gonna be an amazing Sunday for at least a couple of reasons: First, a bunch of us Americans will gather together to watch the New England Patriots play the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl LX (aka 60 for non Romans : ) While the Patriots will be trying become the first team with seven Super Bowl wins, I’m more excited for an entirely different reason – our annual Congregational Meeting!
This year’s meeting will contain some unprecedented good news
Prayer Time – To Remove or To Redeem?
Whenever I learn of a difficult new diagnosis, or encounter the pain of heavy loss, or unforeseen trouble or suffering, my first instinct is to ask God to make the tough circumstances go away. “God, please remove the cancer/suffering/pain…” I’m not apologizing for praying this way - Jesus indeed is the healer of our every ill - but I do recognize that my “God remove this” prayers are largely motivated by my impatient flesh that simply wants the tough stuff to go away.
Snow Day - Cold Day
Nature’s power will be on full display for much of this weekend across North America. While I prefer to witness God’s grandeur in the form of a horizon full of mountains or the powerful lolling of ocean waves, experiencing temperatures on my morning walk today of -8 Fahrenheit with a mind-and-body-numbing wind chill of -20 was AWESOME...
All Things New… or All New Things?
The way we celebrate the holidays can create some unfortunate, unintended consequences. As a kid, I thought of Christmas first-and-foremost as the season of… new things! New toys. New stuff. New clothes. God did a new thing in Jesus. The wisemen brought him presents. That’s what it’s all about, right?! God seems to be in the business of giving his people new things.
Whoops.