A Thanksgiving Gut Check
And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? ...
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Water, Bread, Blood and Dirt
Jesus asked them: "Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?" ...
Sutherland Springs, Resiliency and Security
Friends, Earlier this week you might have seen my response to the terrible events in Sutherland Springs. I was encouraged and in awe of the folks in Sutherland Springs to learn they are planning a worship service in a nearby community center this Sunday, A week after...
A Message from Pastor Ben
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according...
The Good, The Bad, and The Neighborly
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.---Paul to the believers in Rome...
What if it's Not a Metaphor
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. -Jesus, when asked what is most...
More Art Than Science
Friends, Ever heard the saying that something 'is more art than science'? I always thought it was an interesting turn of phrase. I came across a scientist recently writing about how much this phrase bothers him. I am overly simplifying his argument, but his basic objection was that it was a cop...
Seeing the Signs
Dear Friends, The signs are evident. They are showing up in more places. God is at work in and among the people of University. Whether you look at the redesigned Wednesday nights, the joy that radiates down our hallways, or the increasing number of people participating in and being blessed by...
In the Wake of Harvey: Respite from a Long, Hard Road
for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me…-Jesus (Matthew 25:35) Friends, Recovery is a long, hard road. Whether it is grief, addiction, or rebuilding after a tragedy, this long road is far better if we...
Being the Good News
Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself. Do you remember the Scripture that says, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”? That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the cross: He became a curse, and at the same time...