Posts from August 2019

Labor Day Weekend has dual purpose this year for us Floridians, doesn’t it? We’ll pay tribute to American workers and thank God for their work yesterday and today. And, as the peak of hurricane season stirs, we’ll be taking precautions and laboring to prepare for a hurricane making landfall on our Florida shores. Labor Day provides a great platform to honor hardworking men and women – and we’ll use it to proclaim and distinguish the Biblical connection and distinction of…

93 billion light years wide! That’s the current estimate of the size of the universe. And, to it, God attaches his glory. It’s really big! God’s even “bigger” than that! And if you think that’s big, wait till we try to explain, define and examine God’s Love! It’s even “bigger” than that! All summer long we’ve been invited to “get out of the boat” and walk the adventure of faith. It’s always a struggle to escape the gravitational forces of…

So, what’s a “blessing” anyway – and why would you want one!? This is the opening question for Sunday’s, “Blessing of the Backpacks” worship at 10AM! For students, backpacks are a way of life. They contain tools for learning; snacks and lunches for eating and blessings for the soul! Yes, our purpose is to provide encouragement and opportunity for blessings of the soul! Sunday’s worship will be focused entirely on the how, what, where and why of blessing our children…

The heavens are declaring the glory of God! More than simply taking up space, the majesty and magnitude of the universe tell us something about the Author of the universe. Ask this question, “What is the chance the universe formed by chance?” Mathematical professor at Oxford University, Roger Penrose says, “that it is a number that would be impossible to write out in the usual decimal way, because even if you were able to put a zero on every particle…

Who here likes to wait? Even if this was a sincere question, it would be understood as rhetorical because of the obvious answer. No one. Waiting, at the very least is an annoyance. Picture here the last time you were on hold on the phone growing old listening to stupid “elevator” music interrupted by a recorded announcement telling us how we’re a valued customer and that someone will be with us shortly. Ugh! Waiting, perhaps at its worst is painful.…