A Psalm for Christmas

December 21, 2022Posted inMark Crawford, Village Posts
Psalm 24 1 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; 2 for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters. As I sit here and rock my daughter, I am reminded again of the wonder of God’s creation. This world, even in the brokenness of sin, still reveals a beautiful, creative, and powerful God. One who would not sit…

Fruit of the Spirit: Peace (Gilchrist)

May 10, 2022Posted inVillage Posts
Fruit of the Spirit Peace Colleen and Corey Gilchrist May 8, 2022 Colleen: Prayed a blessing over all the mothers: Thank you, God for all mothers. I have nothing to offer of peace of my own; Jesus, we want your living peace that roots us that we are enough and loved. I am honored and frightened to be speaking to you about peace: we are having the imposter syndrome…

Fruit of The Spirit: Peace (Eric)

May 10, 2022Posted inVillage Posts
Fruit of the Spirit: Peace Eric Cepin May 8, 2022 Indulge me for a second and think about how you might have the Fruit of the Spirit in your life. Rom 10:9-10 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. A Roman would say with his mouth that Caesar is Lord…Paul knew,…

Wisdom of the Bible Part 1: The Holy Father, Jesus, and The Tao

March 19, 2022Posted inVillage Posts
After close to 20 years of ardent atheism (including a handful of years of atheist activism, which included a thoroughgoing opposition to religion), and after nearly 40 years of basically never believing in God, I recently converted to Christianity and was baptized. I’ll spare the details regarding how this unfolded, but those interested are welcome to check out my testimonial (first 11ish minutes).  Even before my conversion, however, I…

The Paralytic Man

January 24, 2022Posted inVillage Posts
The Paralytic Man Mark 9:1-8 Encounters with Jesus series (#1) 1-2-22 Rod Hugen A friend of his who is a prayer warrior named Harriet contracted COVID and passed away. Her ongoing wish was that Rod would get a haircut and in her honor, he did! Let’s pray: Help us be like Harriet in that we bring others life through you. As I open your word and see your beauty,…