06/24/2024
This is a prayer that Pastor Aj wanted to pray yesterday but ran short of time to do.
Read the prayer here:
06/18/2024
Comedian Turns Snarky Reply into Generosity
Here is an illustration that I wanted to include this past Sunday but ran out of time.
06/11/2024
A Word From My New Research Assistant
Being able to forgive ourselves—our ability to allow God’s amazing grace to uncover, weed out, and heal our guilt and shame—is never easy, but it is critical to our growth as children of God. The following is what the new, improved ChatGBT came up with in terms of articles online that might help—at least in a secular, psychological context. Go ahead and click on the links if you want to follow up.
06/03/2024
Anger: It’s Worse Than You Think
You can’t be a faithful practitioner of Christianity if you don’t keep a tight rein on your words and how you share them with others.
Archived Posts
Patience and Trust
Sunday, in my benediction (which traditional folks did not hear) I talked about the Marshmallow Test. The original results of that test with children was that those who could delay gratification did better in life than those who could not.
Gandhi and the Sugar
I wasn’t preaching Sunday, Reverend Jackie Chandler was. And she talked about the power of influence you get when you practice what you preach. This famous illustration came to mind. It fits Jackie’s points quite well. Enjoy!
Not Just for Parents
Our current sermon series is about How To Talk Parent, but it doesn’t require any of us to be parents to appreciate the bits of wisdom OUR parents shared with us growing up.
If Not Higher
Here’s a story I wanted to use when talking about ‘what you do when no one is looking’ yesterday. It’s a wonderful illustration of what Jesus was saying in Matthew 6:1-6—do what you do because of who you want to be, not so that others will take notice and praise you.
The Perfect Church
There is an old joke about the perfect church. We talked just a little about the perfect pastor, but turnabout is fair play. It goes like this: