I have been thinking about success a lot lately. What is success? How do we recognize success? Mostly, though, is success as a Christian defined by the same (or at least similar) metrics as we see in...

Welcome back to all of you; it has been a while since I have posted something so I am excited to share what God has been reinforcing in my life lately. Within our church we have been trying to...

I have been reading a lot of materials regarding discipleship and obedience recently, and faithfulness is a theme that I continue to reflect on as I go through this material. Jesus has instituted...

Who here is a fan of the 1987 film classic, The Princess Bride? It is a fun, whimsical satire of the traditional “hero saves damsel in distress and they live happily ever after” story. There is a...

Here we are a little over a year since God called me and my family out to serve at Candia Congregational Church. As I reflect on the time and opportunities I have had through this past year I am so...

A couple Sundays ago our message in service was a continuation of Jesus’s teaching in the Sermon on the Mount. Our primary passage was the section in Matt. 7:1-5 which is the familiar plank/speck in...

The promise that Scripture is living and active is such a beautiful truth to us as Christians. I mean logically it has to be, otherwise why would we continue to read and reread it, right? I know those...

Have any of you attempted to fix a problem only to find that new problems are created as a result? My father used to operate a radiator repair shop in my hometown and one of the problems that people...

For some reason God has placed the topic of baptism at the forefront of my mind recently so it only seems natural that it is our topic of discussion today. While baptism is a huge topic with all kinds...