Helping your senior deal with disappointment is an unwanted, yet important role as a parent. While this season may be short-lived, it will not be the last time our teenagers walk through disappointme...  Read More

One day you’re holding a new baby—toes in your hand and a little noggin’ tucked in the crook of your elbow. The next thing you know that baby is running past you, full of opinions, ideas and questions...  Read More

From Faith Gateway Have you ever found yourself struggling to meet your spiritual new year's resolutions?  What if we told you that resolutions don’t work, but better habits do? I recently started lis...  Read More

Ready or not, here it comes. 2023 is here. As we step into the new year, it's a fresh chance to evaluate our lives, commit to the Lord, and see Him do new things in us and around us.Paul's writing to ...  Read More

Earlier this month, one of my teammates threw a Christmas party for our staff team.  It was a fun lunch with great food plus a gift exchange and games.   To get ready for one of the games, we had to s...  Read More

PARENTING AFFIRMATIONSI love being a parent.  Psalms 128,  I make my home a haven for my kids.  Romans 12:18, Galatians 5:22-23READ IT41 Jesus sat down across from the place where people put their tem...  Read More

On Sunday, Russell preached an encouraging message from Mark 4 and the story of Jesus and the disciples in the midst of a storm. A vicious squall hit the disciples while they were crossing the Sea of ...  Read More

PARENTING AFFIRMATIONSI love being a parent.  Psalms 128,  I make my home a haven for my kids.  Romans 12:18, Galatians 5:22-23READ IT35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us g...  Read More

PARENTING AFFIRMATIONSI love being a parent.  Psalms 128,  I make my home a haven for my kids.  Romans 12:18, Galatians 5:22-23READ IT36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him...  Read More

In Luke 10, Jesus joined His friends Mary and Martha for a dinner party. This meal took preparation and one sister, Martha, was doing all of the work. Watching her sister just sit at the feet of Jesus...  Read More

In a recent message, we learned about the Biblical command to rest based on Jesus' teaching in Matthew 12. You can watch the full message here. Pastor Mike shared that in order to say yes to Sabbath r...  Read More

PARENTING AFFIRMATIONSI love being a parent.  Psalms 128,  I make my home a haven for my kids.  Romans 12:18, Galatians 5:22-23READ IT38 Jesus and his disciples went on their way. Jesus came to a vill...  Read More

On Sunday, I kicked off the Jesus Stories series with a look at the story of Jesus and the man with a withered hand.  On the surface, the story seems to be another story of Jesus healing a man with a ...  Read More

Parenting Affirmations:  I love being a parent.  Psalms 128,  I make my home a haven for my kids.  Romans 12:18, Galatians 5:22-23READ IT9 Going on from that place, Jesus went into their synagogue. 10...  Read More

Doubting or investigating the truth isn't necessarily a sin and isn't the opposite of faith. Rather, it may be an element of faith.  It means you are thinking some things through and grappling with th...  Read More

PARENTING AFFIRMATIONGod’s grace is greater than my parenting mistakes.  Proverbs 19:21READ IT24 Thomas was one of the 12 disciples. He was also called Didymus. He was not with the other disciples whe...  Read More

How much faith is enough faith?  The answer to this question is counterintuitive.  Logically, to trust God for big things, we need to have big faith, but that's not exactly what Jesus taught.  Read it...  Read More

PARENTING AFFIRMATIONGod’s grace is greater than my parenting mistakes.  Proverbs 19:21READ IT 22 Right away Jesus made the disciples get into the boat. He had them go on ahead of him to the other sid...  Read More

Have you ever taken the time to consider what faith means? If you had to write a definition of faith what would you include?...  Read More

Are you a person of faith?  If you had asked me that question when I was younger, I would have said, “No.  I’m not.”  You see, I didn’t become a Christian until I was 17.  But even before I came to fa...  Read More

PARENTING AFFIRMATIONGod’s grace is greater than my parenting mistakes.  Proverbs 19:21READ IT5 When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman commander came to him. He asked Jesus for help. 6 “Lord,” he said,...  Read More

I'm a fairly techy (if that is a word) guy, so over the years I've had countless people ask my advise on locking down phones and devices from harmful content.  Whether that is someone fighting issues ...  Read More

PARENTING AFFIRMATIONGod’s grace is greater than my parenting mistakes.  Proverbs 19:21READ“God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will h...  Read More

When a pastor steps down or is forced to step out due to a moral failure, I always try and learn something from it.  To protect myself, my family, and my ministry.   Lately, I have been learning too m...  Read More