Keep your hand at the plow! Don’t look back! Freedom comes after you take steps. It was January 27, 1956, a twenty-seven-year-old Martin Luther King Junior, sat in his kitchen in Montgomery, Alabama nursing a cup of coffee, unable to sleep. His life was threatened, and the bus boycott was failing. Earlier in the evening, a caller had warned, “If you aren’t…
SHARING A STORY OF FAITHText: Galatians 3:23-29 and Luke 8:26-39 Last week Pastor Monica spoke about Share a Story of Hope, Christian hope on how we live today and live for tomorrow. Today we continue this theme with Share a Story of Faith. Hope and faith go together they are bound to each other. We see this in the Biblical definition of…
After a major downpour, like the one we had the other day, a mother watched her two little boys playing in a puddle hole through her kitchen window. The older of the two, a five-year old, took his younger brother by the back of his head and shoved his face into the puddle. As the boy recovered, shook his head, laughing and…
Upon Our Sons and DaughtersAnd they were all gathered in one place -one hundred and twenty of the apostles, with the twelve disciples and the women who followed Jesus. They followed closely because when Jesus returned to heaven, he told them to wait! Wait! Because I am sending the Holy Spirit. And God always keeps God’s word! Today is a blessed day…
There’s Nowhere to Go But UP!May is a month filled to the brim with holidays and celebrations! In fact, one parody group now calls it Maycember! I have a feeling you know why. Mother’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, National Nurses Day. There are graduations, weddings, baby showers, and parties. I do realize that this morning is properly…