Theme: this image reinforces the spiritual theme that death has lost its power, lost its sting (empty tomb background with stingerless bee).        
Easter holds wonderful promise! It is the day in which God is convincing us of the resurrection and on that same day is challenging the skeptic that lives in [...]

The other day, I was talking to two fathers in our congregation about their sons being in the military and the real prospect that their sons might die in the Iraq war.
I didn’t bring the topic up, both fathers did. And these fathers were contemplating what it would mean for them to sacrifice their sons [...]