Detail from Bayeux Tapestry showing Bishop Odo rallying William the Conqueror's troops at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It’s not a cozy blanket. It’s a rod wielded in victorious battle. An entry in one of my favorite children’s devotionals, Thoughts to Make the...

Youth Weekend is coming! A weekend of ministry, meetings, sports, and other fun activities? Where can I sign up? For youth in grades 7-12. Contact Robert Godfrey at bobbyjgodfrey@gmail.com for more details and registration. Food and lodging included. Hosted by...

In Jesus’ famous sermon on the mount, he exhorts us, “Don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34 CSB). Whether you lived in the stone age or the new age, these words just seem...

Even in the kitchen, Jesus knows our lives “Mama, Mama, look at this!” This small phrase is probably one of the most repeated lines in our household these days. No matter what I’m doing, in the mind of my four-year-old it warrants interruption, whether it’s something...

Josiah recently preached a sermon on Isaiah 55, noting how many times God tells us to come, calling us to repent from sin and find mercy and grace, and fulfillment of our deepest longings in Him. “So friend, do you feel empty? If so, this invitation is for you. God’s...

I was recently given a book with a very odd title: Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools, by Tyler Staton. Mr. Staton is the lead pastor of a church in Oregon and the national director of the the 24-7 Prayer Movement in the United States.  The book cover tells me that...

On New Year's, Pastor Adams talked about Jacob's nature, along with his name, being changed, from a tough nut to crack to a man who was simply with God. Pastor Adam's encouragement to us was to not go through this next year unchanged: "Don't let God go this year...

Dear Friends,What if we really believed that when we prayed according to His will our request would happen? Well we do believe that, don’t we? But being human, in our present situation of not being able to see things the way they really are in the spiritual realm, we...

We are adopted and fully loved. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15).

"Let this Christmas be a time when the fact that he came, God with us, is more real to you and part of your life than ever before and then let that light shine through you more brightly than ever before. And remember two of the quick things. One is he will also work...