The Magi help us to learn how to deal with disappointment in life. Let us look for Christ and be open to His Divine intervention.

Message given Christmas Eve concerning God overcoming our inadequacy and not feeling as if we are good enough. Merry Christmas!

We live in a world of drama . None of us like drama, but many of us help produce it. Social media has many positive characteristics but can also help to create and sustain drama. We cannot please everyone. We try our hardest but it doesn’t work. I must admit this is a hard lesson I am still learning.…

Why bring in the character of Herod into the birth story? It seems that it is unnecessary other than the Magi going to the throne thinking the baby would be born there. The tension is set. Tension and power are two common experiences of life. The use and abuse of power is something Jesus spoke about…

The refrain of Christmas is "do not be afraid". Yet, we live in a world of fear. Christmas combats fear with hope, love, joy, peace and grace because Christmas is about Christ. Learn about how to combat the fear of unexpected change as we look at the story of Christmas through the story of the Shepherds.

Being in Christ transforms all of life and the relationships we have with one another. Colossians 3.18-4.1 helps us to keep things in perspective reminding us we are all one in Christ and our family relationship may be submitted to him.

Us vs Them Our focus is on Christ. Focusing on Christ makes a difference in how we live day to day. This is not some heavenly minded focus which causes us to be of little use on Earth. It is the opposite, when we focus on Christ we will make a difference on Earth. This is true because his life, death…

Two powerful weapons: shame & guilt trips . Over the past 5 years I have seen this becoming the tool of choice in our world. The goal: conformity & uniformity . There is an innate desire to be like others, or to have others be like us. We want to generalize our experience and make it mandatory for others.…

Chapter starts the instruction section where Paul tackles some of the issues he is seeing in the Colossian Church, and surrounding area. In these opening verses we see the theology Paul is going to use to build upon his application. Themes present in this passage: Overcoming fear, baptism’s meaning,…