This week we are honoring our local heroes - the men and women in our fire department and emergency services...   more...

What is important? I mean really important? I suspect that for most of us the answer to that question might depend the situation. It might depend on where we are at the time, or what we’re doing. Let’s face, there are times that it’s really important to get dinner on the table at a certain time because you have a meeting that night. Or if the kids are running late, it might be really important to get them going and off to school. If we’ve lost our jobs, and have been looking for while, it might be really important to find something, anything, to bring in some money and put food on the table. All those things are important. And they all seem really important at the time, but in retrospect, I wonder if they are the most important.   more...

Today, it just seemed like a good time to talk about suffering. Shirley Green’s sister Linda had a very major surgery on Wednesday to battle cancer, Chris Mott lost her job, we heard of Phyllis DeBreuil’s passing, and are reminded of her almost ten years with Alzheimer’s. Though I didn’t mention it to very many, my father had surgery for skin cancer on his face, near his eye. They had to cut from his hair line to his temple. Every Sunday, we hear of others, like Jessie Cimino, and Mary Ann LaSure, who are suffering from cancer...   more...

Our reading this morning is a passage that at first glance might seem a little morbid or grotesque. We'll look at some backround so we can understand the context of the passage, then we'll see how to understand it in terms of our faith today...   more...

If you were brought up in the Church, I’m sure you’re familiar with this story of Esther. However, if you became a Christian later in life, you might not be terribly familiar with Esther. It’s a story that’s taught in every Sunday School, but rarely in Bible Studies or Sermons. Our reading this morning from chapter 7 is the turning point of the story. It is here that Esther reveals why she had boldly approached the king without being called. Before we get there, I’ll fill you in on the rest of the story…   more...

Many people think that wisdom comes from learning. The more education you have, the more wise you become. That's not necessarily true. This morning we look at what James writes about this...   more...

Once in a while we see glimpses of people of great faith. Can you remember one that really impressed you by their faith? Perhaps you've heard a story of someone of great faith. Perhaps a Bible story... Today, we look at some stories of great faith. Two from our time, and one from the Bible. What do they have in common? How can achieve great faith?   more...

We've heard about how we are to love God since we were little ones. But have you really considered what that means? How does God want us to love Him? What model do we have for this kind of love? The answers might surprise you...   more...

There are some things in life that I will never understand. Life is filled with so many heart wrenching things that are just impossible to understand. This morning, we look at some examples from life, and from Scripture. We see how they hurt, but we also see that forgiveness and reconciliation are possible...   more...