“Thus saith the Lord: Do whatever you can get away with. Lie when it is to your advantage. Don’t worry if others don’t trust you, because you can’t trust them…
This week we’re going to take a look at peacemaking. Peace is something Quakers are supposed to know something about! Friends are famously known everywhere as peacemakers or “witnesses for…
This week I want us to look at one of the very basic issues for Christians today. What are we to do with the Bible? Are we supposed to take…
"Rabbi, please tell me. I am a ruler. I am an educated man. I am a religious man. But Rabbi, I have this void in my heart and I am…
Follow Me & Proclaim God's Love :: What is the “IT” factor about our church? What is at the center of being a Quaker Christian? Two experiences in the life and times…
The song that most of us learned as children goes, “I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart, down in my heart. I’ve got the…
Adam may have been the first to honestly say, “Everybody else is doing it.” Truth is not determined by who believes it, or why they believe it, or how many…
The Bible says in Genesis 2.18, “It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion” (MSG). We were made for relationships. We were…
The intellectual as a spiritual temperament reminds us of the high calling of loving God with our mind. Our culture doesn’t always think of the mind when it thinks of…
Enthusiasm—it’s one of the greatest words in the English language! It is a word that is built deeply into the victorious spirit of humanity. The word enthusiasm is derived from…
Pablo Casals, the great Spanish cellist, said “The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest meaning and significance.” By caring for others we pull ourselves out…
“There is only one kind of person who can fight the Lord’s battles in anywhere near a proper way, and that is the person who by nature is unbelligerent. A…
“Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders” (Deut. 33:12). “Resting between…
There's an old hymn that I love to sing; most of you will will recall it: "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder." It speaks to a family reunion... "when…
Some people, as they have discovered their soul's best path to God, value solitude, simplicity, and strictness. This Sacred Pathway, as Gary Thomas calls it, is the "Ascetic Path." Susanna Wesley,…
Ritual. Tradition. Symbol. Religion. Rote. Meaningless. That’s how many people think about rituals or formalities in the context of worship where the order of events is pre-determined. If it‘s not spontaneous or…
Cleta Crisman, as our guest speaker, led us in taking a look at Paul's letter to the Roman church (Romans 12:1-2) as a metaphor that describes the normal stages of the spiritual…
Jesus taught outside most of the time (see the "Sermon on the Mount") and drew imagery from nature (e.g. the “sparrows God cares for” and the “lily of the field…
Just as we have different personalities and temperaments, we each gravitate toward unique ways to connect with God and refresh ourselves spiritually. One of the greatest benefits of knowing our…
No matter how long you have known God or known about Him, it is common for us to have a yearning to know Him more. As with any relationship, in…
Big Idea: Removing the seeds of murder… how to deal with the sword. Today we are going to take a look at the 6th Commandment... “Do not commit murder.” Of…
Big Idea: A command with a promise... honor parents and live a good life! It’s interesting to me that, in general, there is nothing in the 10 Commandments about “respecting…
Marilyn Antrim and Nadine Miller bring a special message that includes things they’ve learned and/or observed from the fathers in their lives – their own daddies as well as their…
Big Idea: God gives the day not because He is tired but rather as a gift of rest for His created. Christ Himself was the fulfillment of the Sabbath, and…