Set Back And the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.                   – Ex 9:12 Moses is asking Pharaoh to let Israel go.  God hardens his...

Confession Time Confession time.  I can easily get my eyes off of Christ and on to myself.  Case in point:  Last week I shot videos documenting my days; a 5-minute daily overview of what I do as a Pastor.  I shot and edited the videos, converted them and set them to post.  They are ready to...

Week in the Life of a Pastor – Monday A Week in the Life of a Pastor – Monday from longyear on...

What Does a Pastor do All Week? Starting tomorrow, stop by Resonate for A Week in the Life of a Pastor, a 7-part video documentary of my week.  It might be the cure for your insomnia. ...

How to sing Don’t sing on Sunday what you are not willing to live on...

Funeral Arrangements Many of us were saddened to learn of the death of Jared Southworth.  Jared was the son-in-law of Carl and Gayla Royer.  Carl and Gayla are part of our church and both serve on the worship team.  Carl is also our facilities manager. Jared was killed in duty in Afghanistan as he was disarming a...

Copy Cat Agrippa interrupted him. “Do you think you can persuade me to become a Christian so quickly?” Paul replied, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except for these chains.” – Acts 26:28-29 “I pray to God...

How to make a decision 23So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and Matthias. 24And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen 25to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his...

Take a risk Failure for me is ending life by saying “I wish I would have.”  What risk will you take this...

Delay Sorry for the abrupt stop in posting.  It has been an eventful week with many ups and downs.  In the middle of some good things, deep tragedy hit us. Near the end of exchange last Sunday, Carl Royer (Facilities manager at MCC and part of the worship team)got a phone call stating that his son-in-law...