Pastor's Column

 

The Woman at the Well

3rd Sunday of Lent

Pastor’s Column

March 27, 2011

 

          What was it that the woman at the well found most attractive about Jesus?  He told her everything she ever did! You and I too will each have a "woman at the well" discussion on the last day of our lives with Christ. Jesus will point out where you influenced someone to the good, as well as where you hurt someone and this is how it played out in their lives.  

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How to “Offer It Up”

Pastor’s Column

2nd Sunday of Lent

March 20, 2011

 

Beloved: Bear your share of hardships for the gospel

with the strength that comes from God.   2 Timothy 1:8

 

          As hard as we try, we simply cannot avoid suffering in our lives! For both religious and non-religious people, suffering is simply part of the human experience. Neither money, television, good health, alcohol nor drugs can insulate us from the cross. Many of us simply do not understand the value of suffering. In the transfiguration, Peter, James and John would have preferred to stay on the mountaintop with Jesus in glory forever. In a sense they were briefly in heaven, and who would want to leave that place? Yet Christ made it very clear to them – and to us – that before we can enter into the incredible glory that will be ours, we must first bear our share of suffering with Jesus by going through the valley of the cross with him.

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The Test of Obedience

Pastor’s Column

1st Sunday of Lent

March 13, 2011

 

          The story of Adam and Eve is so familiar to us. Adam and Eve were given everything they could possibly imagine. Their food literally grew on trees; they lived in beautiful surroundings; most importantly, they were able to walk with the Lord and converse with him face to face...

 

The Time of Testing

Pastor’s Column

9th Sunday Ordinary Time

March 6, 2011

 

Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be

like a wise man who built his house on rock. 

The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. 

But it did not collapse. It had been built solidly on rock.

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