Jesus is in Your Boat!

Happy Sunday, friends! The Sea of Galilee is an amazing place. It can be the most peaceful body of water one moment, and suddenly it becomes a raging sea! Well...actually a raging lake! (It is not a sea, though it is called that!) Mark 4:35-41 recounts the narrative of Jesus sleeping in a small fishing …

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“Hineni”: Here I Am

Happy Lord's Day! With just less than 5 weeks before the launch of our 2025 Israel Solidarity Trip, many details, including our mission theme, are coming into clear view. Perhaps I'll share more about that as we approach our launch date, but one thing is clear: each of us has committed to go where the …

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In the In Between

Hey friends, Happy Lord's Day! Christmas is past and the New Year lies just around the corner. This is our annual "in between!" We're in between Christmas celebrations with family and friends we looked forward to, and New Years Day which signals the end of the holiday season and our return to regular work schedules! …

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Merry Christmas Eve!

Hi friends, today's Christmas Eve encouragement does not originate with me. It is wonderfully stated, though, and I want to bless you with the words of Pastor Jack Hibbs. Carefully consider this Christmas Eve blessing: Christmas is a day when most of us exchange gifts.Some people rate how good a gift is by how expensive …

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