Christmas is such a great time to call people to embrace Christ! So many events, songs, stories and church things provide a very natural segue into talking about how good God has been to all of us. So here are some “call times” over the next week that are opportunities...
Listening to the news today on my drive home, I found myself feeling like I needed to wake up from a bad dream. And, no, I wasn’t asleep at the wheel. What with Egyptians rioting to recapture their quickly disappearing democratic freedoms, our Governor signing...
That’s the title of the new series we’re launching this Sunday, December 2nd. So what is it that YOU want for Christmas this year? And what is it that your heavenly Father wants for you this Christmas? For the next few weeks of Advent, we’ll be...
O.K. So I need to poke a little fun at myself for a moment while challenging all of us to think about something. Every year about this time there is a big brouhaha about “keeping Christ in Christmas.” For many this boils down to simply whether or not some store uses the...
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CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN…& DIVINE FAVOR Yes, only 23 more “inviting days” until Christmas. No, I didn’t say “shopping days.” Shopping is definitely overrated… in case you haven’t gotten God’s memo on that lately. I...
Last Minute CHRISTMAS Instructions With only 5 more days to Christmas, I’ll be lucky if anyone has time to read this email. So I’ll make it short and to the point. 1.) We NEED about a dozen people to bake and bring 2 dozen of their favorite HOMEMADE...
Dear Brothers & Sisters, Now that the snow has stopped for the next 24 hours, we’ll all hopefully be able to gather tomorrow in worship of our Lord and King. Here’s how this week of CELEBRATION looks to be shaping up. “IT’LL TAKE A...
Greetings All! Andy Williams made famous the Christmas song, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, way back in 1963 when it was first released on his first Christmas album. Written and composed by a couple of guys most of us probably don’t even recognize...
Warm Greetings to All! The beautiful, sunny and cold winter weather we’re experiencing here in Spokane today reminds me how wonderful it is to live in a place that has such clear changes of seasons…truly. When it comes to “spiritual seasons” there are changes...