“The Christian discipline of simplicity is an inward reality that results in an outward life-style. Both the inward and the outward aspects of simplicity are essential. We deceive ourselves if we believe we can possess the inward reality without its having a profound effect on how we live. To attempt to arrange an outward life-style … More The Church: Simply Looking Outward…
Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear God speaking to you…& don’t think He isn’t. He IS speaking to you. Spend time listening for Him. Most of us have spent a lifetime tuning God out. It will take some time to dial ourselves back into His frequency. Persist & Listen.
We have been in the midst of this series called, “The Church: A Human Chain,” talking about how we, as the Church, are called to unite to grow together to better serve each other & beyond. Last Sunday I was in Los Angeles at “Mosaic Conference 2017: Into the Unknown” and I felt it was … More We Interrupt This Series…
We are continuing our series on what it means to be the church. In our journey to discover what it means to be the Church, we’ve started learning about the Spiritual Disciplines. Richard Foster, in his book Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, breaks the Disciplines into 3 categories – Inward, Outward, Corporate. … More Looking Inward#2…
We are continuing our series on what it means to be the church. This week, Spiritual Disciplines… The message is “The Church: Looking Inward” from Luke 5:16. Click on the image above to stream the message. Right-click to download the mp3. If you would like to see the PowerPoint that accompanies the message, click here. … More Looking Inward…
Hello SoF Family! This is an update on our Sunday School for this fall…
We are continuing our series on what it means to be the church… The message is “The Church: But Not So With You” from Luke 22:24-27. Click on the image above to stream the message. Right-click to download the mp3. If you would like to see the PowerPoint that accompanies the message, click here. (To … More But Not So With You…
I have never been skilled at backing up a trailer. It usually takes me 4-5 tries to get the trailer where I want it to go. We have a lot of farmers and truck drivers in our community and I am always impressed with the skill they have in backing up trailers of all kinds, … More PULL Your Trailer…
So, a bit over a month ago I wrote that we would be adding one of these each week. Well, I guess in this case, it’s the thought that counts…this will get more consistent though! At the end of July, we began a new series called, “The Church: A Human Chain.” It is something that … More The Church: A Human Chain
We are going to try adding each week’s message to this part of our site as well. So, this week’s message is our conclusion to our “Journey Through the Cross” that we started way back in March as we began working through Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesus. The message is “Our Fight…” … More Trying something new…
