Posts from November 2024

Weekly Update – November 28th, 2024  Thanksgiving is often a great time to catch up with friends and family members. Sometimes though, in the midst of trying to talk with someone you haven’t seen in a while, or sitting around a table with a bunch of people, it can get difficult to have real, meaningful conversation. Below are a list of questions, put together by Donald Whitney, to hopefully aid in meaningful discussions that fit the season. – What’s your favorite…

Weekly Update – November 21st, 2024  One of the common trends among many Christians is discouragement when it comes to prayer.  Often times, we have the tendency to set out on the path of prayer looking to pray for everything we can think of to only glance at our watches and discover that we have only been at it for all of 3 or 4 minutes.  Quite frankly we feel as if we are simply praying the same old things…

Weekly Update – November 14th, 2024 This week we returned to our series in the gospel of Luke.  So far, we have seen the births of John that Baptist (1:57-66) and Jesus (2:1-7), side by side. We have also seen a bit of John the Baptist’s ministry (3:1-20), ending with him being in prison for calling out Herod Antipas’ sin of adultery and incest (3:20). Yet as we came to chapter 3 verse 21, it is almost as if Luke…

Weekly Update – November 7th, 2024 One of the fundamental graces that has kept our democracy going for over 245 years is the smooth transition of power that occurs every 4 to 8 years.  Elections occur, voters vote and the losing party concedes allowing this country to remain peaceful as its history continues.  We all had the opportunity to witness this up close on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning as Donald J. Trump became president-elect of the United States.  President Biden has…