Don’t Drift

Pastor Terry Benson “We must pay greater attention to what we have heard so that we do not drift away from it.”   Hebrews 2:1 (NRSV) I went ocean kayaking once off the coast of Maine. A friend who lived there offered to let me use his kayak one afternoon, so I...

Fruit Of The Spirit

 Pastor Ron “For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”   I Corinthians 3:17 (NLT) Robert Boyd  Munger wrote a little book many years ago entitled, “My Heart, Christ’s Home.” It describes the beautiful truth of Christ’s...

Gifts To Help Us Grow

 Pastor Ron “Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”   James 1:17 (NRSV) Do you love receiving gifts? I’ll never forget a story my...

GPS: God’s Positioning System

LIFE Words by Ron Pickell Do you have a sense of God’s leading in your life? The bible is full of stories about God speaking to someone in a dream or a vision. When God intervened in the Apostle Paul’s life he was literally knocked off his horse and...

THE CONVERSATION OF PRAYER

For some prayer is as simple as taking a breath, but others find it difficult and awkward. How can we learn to pray? Is prayer like having an imaginary friend? Of course, God is not a figment of our imagination, but talking to someone we can’t see, hear, touch...

Life Words

LIFE Words by Ron Pickell Do you struggle with faith? For some its just a matter of what they are asked to believe in. Trusting something or in someone can be as simple as knowing the person you are counting on. But then again, some people are just more skeptical by...