Students have a long history of prophetically calling out the needs of their communities and urging others to transformational action. A dynamic and reflective season like the years of college provides the ideal stage for students to yearn for a connection between the call of Jesus and the world they know. Four college students began the radical act of sitting at the…
Thanksgiving ChairIn college, I worked for J.C. Penney’s in the credit, catalog, and customer service department. Anyone who has worked retail knows this is a place to come for all manner of reasons within the department store. If you need to pick up or do store or catalog returns, you would wind your way through the lines. If you have questions about…
Gratifying StewardshipFinal Sermon in the Stewardship SeriesNovember 10, 2019 Advent, Christmas Eve, Trunk or Treat, Eggstravaganza, Easter Sunday, Vacation Bible School. When I, and probably most of us, think of these occasions, we experience fond and warm memories and feelings. It is not clear that similar reactions take place when we think of Stewardship Campaigns and Consecration Sundays. For some of us,…
Shine your Light: Regular TestimoniesHave you ever been sitting in your home at night with the lights all on, perhaps watching television or putting a puzzle together, reading a book or eating dinner, when the lights suddenly(clap) out? And there you are – in the dark. You wait a moment. Wait – hoping that the lights will just flicker back on. Wait…