I cried the other day at my son’s “Holiday” concert. I wouldn’t normally be overly concerned about my lack of manly control over my eye spouts, but I cried during that sugar plum fairy song from the Nutcracker. Fortunately I was sitting all alone in the back of the auditorium. Don’t think anyone saw me. [...]
Archive | December, 2009
It was a Sunday evening in September, somewhere around 15 years ago. We were living in the Cleveland, Ohio area in the community of Bedford. Evidently one or two of the kids were not feeling well that evening, and by some fluke of our nature we gave into [...]
For years now, some people have chosen to dress in the strangest ways at Christmastime!—with clothes that seem to resemble angels and ancient peasants and shepherds and even ancient Middle East kings. In what we have often called the Christmas “pageants,” the old story of the birth of [...]
Like so many of you, I love the Christmas story! However the Christmas story gets told, it’s always amazing. And it’s so cool when children are part of telling it because the story belonged to a Child—that precious Christ-child born 2000 years ago. I was blessed [...]
December 27, 2009 Pastor Tim Pusey
THE ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS LIGHT John 1:1-9
December 24, 2009 Pastor Tim Pusey
THE ADVENT OF PEACE Luke 2:8-14 Christmas Eve 2009 [Read Luke 2:8-14, NIV] Peace on earth sounds so wonderful! We long for it, even though we seem to experience very little of it. Our problem is that our attempts at peace are based purely on our human effort. And the problem with every one of [...]
Pastor Tim’s Blog
CHRISTMAS MUSINGS… As I write this on the morning of December 23rd, I’m feeling pretty good about being ready for Christmas! Presents are purchased, all our wrapping is done, my messages for Christmas Eve and for the Sunday after Christmas are prepared, and I already did my first grandfatherly task of assembling a gift we’ll [...]
December 20, 2009 Pastor Tim Pusey
GOD IS WITH US Matthew 1:18-25
Pastor Tyler’s Blog
A Walk in a Winter Wonderland It’s the time of year when lights decorate houses, gifts are being wrapped, and a building of excitement for Christmas. It’s the time of year when we’re supposed to be filled with joy, peace, and thankfulness for God’s promises and faithfulness. It’s the time of year when a movie [...]
December 13, 2009 Pastor Tim Pusey
HIS NAME IS JESUS Matthew 1:18-21, esp. 21
Dr Kratzer’s Blog
THE SECRET OF CONTENTMENT Asked what he had learned from drifting about with his companions in life rafts for 21 days while lost in the Pacific Ocean, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker replied, “The biggest lesson I learned from that experience was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the [...]
Pastor Casey’s Blog
Patience: After going on my hunting trip to Montana, I have concluded that patience played a big part in shooting my buck. Our first day out in the hills, I saw a buck that looked like he was worth going after. I took a shot as he ran around the corner of a hill over [...]
