Weep With Those Who Weep

Posted on May 21, 2013 by RuthG

This is not the blog I started writing the morning before a monstrous tornado hit Oklahoma. This is written as news of the rising death toll streams across my screen. As I switched between news sources I was stopped by this simple sentence on CNN:

“A father of a third-grader still missing sat quietly on a stool. Tears fell from his eyes as he waited for news of his son.”

Night has fallen in Moore, Oklahoma, and the searchers are looking for missing children at the elementary school. When I think of that waiting dad, my tears fall, too. Continue reading →

Stop and Smell the Roses

Posted on May 17, 2013 by JonK

…..no, really, I meant it. I want you stop and go outside and take a look at all that is happening around you that you are missing. Spring has sprung, and as the weather gets warmer, the days longer, and the sweet aroma of cook-outs seems to hang in the air each weekend, God is putting on a show through his creation. Continue reading →

How Accurate Is The Bible?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by JeffB

How accurate is the Bible? This is a question I often get asked as a Pastor. In fact, sometimes it’s not asked, it’s put in the form of a statement that goes something like this. There are quite a few objections to the Bible’s being accurate. A few of them include… Continue reading →

Never-let-go Love

Posted on May 6, 2013 by RuthG

While searching online for a gift, I found this travel mug which reads, “My son, I lied. I’m never letting go.”

How true to our mommy hearts!

As much as we moms want our sons to grow up and be independent, we feel an unquelled surge of emotion that wants to hold our boys forever!

Just look at Jesus’ mother Mary; even at the terror, disgrace and agony of his crucifixion she refused to leave Jesus.

This Sunday we celebrate that never-let-go love. We all need it, but we may long to feel it…. Continue reading →

No One Like Our God

Posted on May 3, 2013 by JonK

The best worship songs, at their core, are really just prayers. Yesterday, we took part in a National Day of Prayer so I think it’s appropriate we all remind ourselves that when we sing on Sunday morning, we are really singing our prayers. It’s also good to challenge ourselves and ask this hard question: Am I really singing and praying with conviction and expectancy or has an unremarkable routine crept in? Continue reading →

Leap of Faith

Posted on May 2, 2013 by RuthG

The longest jump I ever cared to make was 6 feet into a lake, which is why Felix Baumgartner’s skydive from 24 miles up boggles my mind. Just looking at the photos from his helium balloon makes my stomach cringe. Where did Baumgartner get the courage to step out of the capsule and jump? Was the jump a crazy leap of faith? Or was it a step of reason?

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I Hear Him In My Dreams

Posted on April 23, 2013 by KateM

As the director of Kids Connection here at Powerhouse Church, I pray to the Lord to show me signs that we are doing His will. I ask God to use our teaching staff and me and let God speak to the children through us. Continue reading →

Don’t Worry! There Is Still Time!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by RobS

I’m sure right now you’re having a FOMO (fear of missing out) moment because you are afraid you missed your chance to sign your 6th-12th grader up for our summer missions trip. Well guess what, Continue reading →

For What?

Posted on April 17, 2013 by RuthG

As spectator Paul Thompson drove away from the devastation at the Boston Marathon, a WSJ reporter approached him.

“For what? For what?” Thompson, a cardiologist, said through his tears. “These people are totally innocent.”

Dr. Thompson speaks for us all. God created us to be morally reasoning beings, but this wanton violence defies reason, and our hearts break into lament. We are not alone. Continue reading →

Fasting For Spiritual Breakthrough

Posted on April 13, 2013 by JeffB

Fasting is a spiritual discipline that has, certainly in the USA, fallen by the wayside. Richard Foster, in his Celebration of Discipline, makes a humorous but very sad comment regarding the American attitude toward fasting. He said something like this – In our culture (American) if we don’t eat three full meals a day with several snacks in between we believe… Continue reading →

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