All Things Messiah

Join us Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. starting Oct. 8 for Believe small group study.

What am I doing with the time that I have?

The Bible is full of people who made assumptions. Who do you suppose God to be? Don’t let your assumptions and agendas cause you to miss him like Mary almost did.

Join us Sundays at 10:00 a.m. for Adult Bible Study. Begins Oct. 11.

Labor Day is an interesting holiday. For many of us, it marks the unofficial end of summer—a long weekend, one last trip to the lake, or simply a welcome day away from work. But Labor Day is also a day to think about work: what we do, what we accomplish, and perhaps even why we do it. The painting accompanying this reflection is Ship in the Stormy Sea, painted in 1887 by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. Aivazovsky painted the sea thousands of times. It would be worth your tim

Sometimes we expect God to reveal himself through success, strength, certainty, or unmistakable displays of power. We want a God who is unveiled and obvious.

What do you truly want? A reflection on Bartimaeus in Mark 10 and what it means to bring our deepest longings to Jesus.

Perhaps we never thank God for the thorn itself. But we can thank him for what he grows through it. May your thorns become the place where you discover his grace, and may they create a rainbow that leads you to him.

I like smooth sailing. And that's not a bad thing. God created us to value life and to protect ourselves. But if we cling too tightly to our security blankets, we may miss the very life God is inviting us to live.

A reflection on embracing life's uncertainties as invitations to trust God, drawing on Oswald Chambers and the iconic painting *Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog* to explore how gracious uncertainty — not anxiety — is the hallmark of a vibrant spiritual life.

These paintings remind us of an important lesson: Every season reveals something different about how God works. No season lasts forever and every season is necessary.

Yet Jesus says that not one of those sparrows—not even that fifth sparrow—falls without getting the attention of God.

My prayer is that, whatever you're facing, your chain of trust will grow stronger as you wait with hope.

Pastor Laurie reflects on Frank Wesley's stunning Indian depiction of the Prodigal Son — and how one Jesuit priest saw something unexpected: Christ returning to the Father after the cross.

You may feel abandoned. You may feel overlooked. You may wonder where God is in the middle of your struggles. But feelings are not the final verdict. The cross is.

In this famous painting, Christ stands at a neglected doorway overgrown with weeds and vines, carrying a lantern to illuminate the darkness. The door has no exterior handle, symbolizing that it must be opened from within. Christ comes to us through his Word, bringing truth, light, and the invitation to clear away what hinders our fellowship with him.

Many things of this world would like to “pull us off” our spiritual journey. Satan has darts of doubt, distraction, and deception and he is aiming them at our hearts. But be encouraged—Christ has won the battle.

In this summer sermon series starting June 7, we’ll step into these moments together. We’ll walk alongside those who met Jesus face-to-face and see how those encounters reshaped their lives.

May we learn to tune into God’s providence so that when he calls, we can answer; when he speaks, we will know to listen.

God isn’t like any other farmer. God is reckless, wild, and heedless in showering God’s people with grace, not just saving it for the “good soil” folks.