by Jeff Graves | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog, Community, Teens
Ecclesiastes 1:9 – “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” In 1980, I entered the ministry working with teens in Waco, Texas. In 2018, I am still in ministry working with teens in Ridgewood, New Jersey....
by Mary Capalbo | Feb 28, 2018 | Accountability, Blog, Christian Living, Encouragement, Gratitude, Obedience
So, I have a horrible memory. Because of this, it absolutely amazes me to hear someone recall the exact date and place that an event happened five years ago, or to witness someone recite every Yankees player who has a retired number. I’m not that person. ...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Feb 21, 2018 | Blog, Commitment, Fasting, Prayer
Last week in our sermon series in the Gospel of Mark, we came across this verse in Mark 2:20: “The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.” Jesus is refuting the accusations of the Pharisees that his disciples...
by Andy Steen | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog, Prayer
Ok, so we are taught in the Bible to pray without ceasing (I Thess. 5:16), and to pray for our daily bread (Matt. 6:11). We can pray for anything. But Christians today shortchange themselves by thinking only in terms of this-world prayer requests. When someone asks...
by Mary Capalbo | Feb 7, 2018 | Accountability, Blog, Christian Living, Community, Daily Life, Encouragement, Faith, Obedience, Perseverance
Do you live for the winter? Do icy roads, gray skies and snowy days fill your dreams? I absolutely love the stillness that comes after a snowstorm. The beauty of fresh snow outside clinging to the tree branches is something out of a poem. But to be completely...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Jan 30, 2018 | Blog
It’s Super Bowl week. Some of you are hyped and others of you don’t care, but we can all at least agree that there better be some good commercials on Sunday evening. As we await Super Bowl 52, I once again have to put all my eggs in the basket of “whoever is playing...
