When I moved to my first job, my first call on the West coast in Eugene, Oregon, I knew that we weren’t far from the Pacific Ocean. On the first day that I had off work, my wife, new little baby and I were going to go west and over to the coast and Pacific [...]

For some people, baptism is “just joining the Jesus club.”  Everyone knows what it means to join a club such as Brownies or Boy Scouts,  the Chamber or Kiwanis, the Elks or Elephants. We have all joined clubs and every club has its rules and regulations. Baptism is joining the ‘Jesus club” and we now [...]

Theme:  giving all your gifts to God.
Every January we approach the story of the three Wise men, bringing gifts for Jesus. What gifts do we have to bring the Christ child?
What are the gifts that God has given to you?  They are your talents, abilities, aptitudes, events that have happened to you.  These have shaped [...]

Theme:  Christ has identified himself with the poor and needy and we will be judged on how we respond to his need.
The people of the nations will be gathered before him, and he will divide the people into two groups, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.  He will put one group [...]