Posts from August 2024
Image Bearers
“Then God said, ‘Let us make humanity in our image to resemble us so that they may take charge of the fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the crawling things on earth.’ 27 God created humanity in God’s own image, in the divine image God created them, male and female God created them.” (Genesis 1:26-27, CEB) I genuinely love the work and writing of author Andy Crouch. As this election cycle…
Come Now
“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance.…
The Tree With Lots of Fruit
There is a tree that grows 40 different fruits on the same tree. Can you imagine how pretty the tree would be in the springtime? It would be gorgeous. We have a cherry tree that has three different cherries on it. However, this tree I’m talking about has 40 different fruits. Peaches, apricots, plums and much more. When the tree was first thought of, it was an art project to reintroduce Americans to native fruit. It takes lots of planning. …
August 2024 Newsletter
Click here to view the weekly devotional. UPCOMING EVENTS SENIOR LUNCHEON | Wednesday, August 14 – 12p Join us at Old European. Call Roberta to RSVP 509-325-0711. ALL-CHURCH BBQ | Wednesday, August 14 – 6p Summertime is the time for fun, togetherness and BBQ’s. Meat and drinks will be provided. You provide the rest, (a bag of chips, a side dish, a desert…you get the idea). Come enjoy fun for the whole family. Games will be set up on…
Run Well
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews…
The Cathedral of Our Hearts
Recently my wife and I traveled to Europe where we experienced 5 different countries, slept in 16 different beds, and walked over 100 miles. This was not a resort vacation but an expedition. There were two experiences in our travels that were emotional for me. One was visiting the American Cemetery in France. So many young lives were lost in the battles for the beaches of Normandy on D-day. So many gravesites and so many names of real young men…