Peace amid life's storms

June 24, 2018
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The storms of life happen, even to good people, even to people in the boat with Jesus  (Mark 4).   Pastor Rob talks about how we can prayerfully respond to the storms of life: prayers of "lament" (church word for complaint!).  The story though does not end with a storm but with the peace that Christ's brings.  Christ comes amid the storms of our life offering his peace.

Timeless Truths

June 17, 2018
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When teaching parables (Mark 4) Jesus offers us some timeless truths -- easy to comprehend, but difficult to put into practice.  Pastor Rob relates these timeless truths to the new logo for our church, which is based on the theme, Rooted and Growing.

In a nutshell, there is a timeless truth that we are called into service of our neighbor (represented by the stained-glass like image of the world).  Yet, the most important timeless truth is that God's love is poured out for us in the cross of Christ, which stands at the center, as a free gift!

You can see the new logo here.

Not to be domesticated

June 10, 2018
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Throughout Mark 3 people try to "tame" Jesus.  They are wildly unsuccessful.  And that is a very good thing.

Losing his cool

June 3, 2018
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Jesus loses his cool in Mark 2:23-3:6.  Why?  Because he sees the hardness of the human heart.  2,000 years later, we still struggle with our hearts being hardened.  What about God's heart?  ...and how does God deal with the hardness of our hearts?