We will attempt to contrast Jesus’ first and second advents. The first advent was supposedly a still, silent, midnight-clear event and ‘silver and gold’ and children and smiles…and wide eyed animals looking on.  The second advent, however, does not lend itself to sugarcoating. As Scott Hoezee puts it:  “It’s difficult to imagine Hallmark producing rosy [...]

Peter had to decide he had to include what had been excluded!  God seems to be calling us to this kind of moment today. Who are the excluded in our culture today?  Why is that so?   Acts 10: 34-43        

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Autobots  Optimus Prime, the Autobot leader.  Bumblebee, the Autobot who befriended Sam Witwicky and disguises himself as his fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro.   Mudflap and Skids, also known as the twins.  Ironhide, the Autobot weapons specialist.   Ratchet, the Autobot medic who transforms into a search and rescue Hummer H2.  Decepticons  The [...]

In essence this will be a combo sermon:  slides from the Hubble site and a dialogue w/ science teacher Dan Irby – I am awed by the vastness and beauty of deep space.  Spend some time on the hubble website and see what might arise in your music choices!  Those connected to stars, light, creation, [...]

From wikipedia.com: Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926)[1] was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement’s philosophy of expressing one’s perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting.[2]   What are our perceptions when it comes to nature?  Do [...]