By Pastor Brian   When Mary went to visit Elizabeth, she literally brought the presence of Jesus into Elizabeth’s home. When she entered the house, she carried Jesus in her body and His presence made an immediate difference in the people who lived in the house. Luke tells us that at the sound of Mary’s greeting…

By Pastor Phil One of the challenges of parenthood is admitting your child is growing up. We want to keep them cute, sweet and innocent, protecting them from trouble and pain as long as we are able, but try as we might to keep them little, they grow up. Before you know it they are…

By Pastor Jeff    The prophet Isaiah is giving a sign to a faithless king of God’s sovereign plan that has both immediate and future promises. Matthew also later describes these promises, when we find him telling a faithless world about the signs that point to the birth of the Jesus, our Messiah! You see…

By Pastor Brittany   I love this story. Zechariah and Elizabeth desperately want to have a child and go most of their lives carrying this burden. Zechariah doesn’t have a son to carry on his name, Elizabeth feels shamed because she cannot bare a child. Yet, one day Zechariah is in the temple when Gabriel…

By Pastor Sarah   Years ago “Magic Eye” pictures became extremely popular. Remember those? If you stared at the picture long enough a 3D image would pop out from the background seemingly coming straight at you. They were extremely frustrating pictures if you couldn’t relax your eye enough to finally see what you were supposed…

By Pastor Brian I was sitting in Starbucks trying to wrap my head and heart around the rich Christmas themes found in this Old Testament prophecy about the coming of God’s Savior. Here we find the heart of the Christmas story recorded hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus. Here is how I would…

By Pastor Phil   Our Advent reading today is taken from the prophet Zephaniah. Writing during the reign of King Josiah, Zephaniah warns of judgment that will come upon the people of Judah. Hard times were coming because of their sin and rebellion against God. Not exactly the good news they were hoping for. Perhaps…

By Pastor Jeff    In this reading of Isaiah I would say he (Isaiah) is finished waiting. In fact, the prophet is begging God to “tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake before you.” It’s like the Israelites are feeling a bit abandoned. They don’t feel the presence of…

By Pastor Brittany   I love this season. I love the precious time spent with loved ones. I love the small breather I get to take as we have wrapped up the major events of the year and the hope and excitement that come with looking ahead to a new year. I love the food….…

By Pastor Sarah   For eight years I traveled a lot. One year in particular I never spent more than 12 consecutive days in any one place. It meant spending a lot of time waiting around in airports hoping that my plane would arrive on time, hoping my luggage arrived at the same time that…