This past week at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “True Love” by asking the question, “ What does this different love deliver? ” We said that “A different love is only desirable if it delivers what you need .” The love of God as described in the Bible is different, but what make…
I wonder how many people think that statement? “My life doesn’t matter!” I’m not talking about suicidal thoughts, although that is obviously a legitimate problem. I’m talking about people who believe that their gift, their ability, their job, their role in life doesn’t matter. So often, we believe t…
Do you ever get frustrated when someone asks you, “Are you staying busy?” It’s an odd question isn’t it? Or why do we often answer the question, “How are you doing?” with “Busy busy busy?” Is busy a good thing? Being busy doesn’t mean you’re being productive, it might just mean you’re a poor time ma…
If you’re looking at taking your finances to the next level in 2016, then you need to be a part of these two incredible opportunities coming up at Element Church . On Monday and Tuesday, February 1st and 2nd, Joe Sangl from I Was Broke Now I’m Not is going to be at our church for a Financial Learnin…
No, I’m not trying to get my own television show called “Sister Pastor Wives”. I’m NOT talking about that kind of engagement. I am “engaged” in a great work! That’s part of what we talked about at Element Church this past week as we continued our look at Nehemiah in our series called “Prepare”. This…
Nehemiah wasn’t where he wanted to be but he was faithful where God allowed him to be. [Tweet “Nehemiah wasn’t where he wanted to be but he was faithful where God allowed him to be. “] That’s part of what we talked about on Sunday at Element Church as we kicked off a new sermon series called “Prepar…
If you’re looking at taking your finances to the next level in 2016, then you need to be a part of these two incredible opportunities coming up at Element Church . On Monday and Tuesday, February 1st and 2nd, Joe Sangl from I Was Broke Now I’m Not is going to be at our church for a Financial Learnin…
I want this to define my “asks” in 2016. By the way, be very careful how you say that word in quotations. HA! I wrote this blog back in August, but thought as we close out 2015, it would be a good reminder as we start asking God for things in 2016: If God gave us what we asked for would it be wasted…
I saw this real story of St. Nicholas posted from Voice of the Martyrs recently and thought it would be great to share here on the blog. This would be something great to use this week to teach your children about the true origin of St. Nick: Many American children are looking forward to the arrival…
I think one of the biggest dangers for our churches today is the temptation to become a museum that highlights the past instead of a mission command that propels us to the future! For the church to become a movement we have to cling to the past without being crippled by it. [Tweet “For the church to…
This week is one of my favorite weeks of the whole year. I love the holiday season and it all begins this week with Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving has the trifecta of holiday cheer…Family, Football & Food! Come on church! So, being the kind of pastor that likes to alliterate everything or use an acrosti…
Here is my final re:post from a 2010 string of blogs after the 33 Chilean miners were rescued after being trapped for 69 days. You can read the other three posts on the home page of the blog: It sure seems, at times, like we do pretty much everything we can as Christians and God’s Church to make it…
