INSPIRATION THAT MATTERS
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Jul 24, 20231 min
HEROES OF THE FAITH
Heroes are all over comic books and blockbuster movies. And they are in real life, too – people whose courage, strength, and resilience...
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Jul 13, 20231 min
PLANTING SEEDS . . . AND HARVEST BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS
Jesus is teaching again. He’s trying to help us understand and embrace this kingdom of heaven living. He’s giving us all we need to live...
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pastormia20
Jul 6, 20231 min
FINDING GOD
Sometimes the way I think about God is so goofy. Like “finding God,” as if God is lost. Actually, I’m the one lost!! I’m like a little...
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pastormia20
Jun 22, 20231 min
JESUS’ GREATEST HITS: LIVING INTO THE KINGDOM
This Sunday concludes our worship series on Jesus’ Greatest Hits. We have heard about the kingdom’s priorities: righteousness and servant...
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pastormia20
Jun 8, 20231 min
JESUS’ GREATEST HITS: PRAYING
We are good. We can be better. Our prayer is good. Our prayer can be better. As we continue through the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’...
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pastormia20
Jun 1, 20231 min
JESUS’ GREATEST HITS: DISCIPLESHIP LIFESTYLE
“To be a disciple means less about believing in a set of propositions and more about acting upon God’s Word as interpreted by Jesus.” —...
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pastormia20
May 26, 20231 min
WALKING THE WALK
Christian discipleship is really quite simple: Follow Jesus. Be an active learner. Love all. Model your life after his. Make disciples....
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pastormia20
May 18, 20231 min
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
I am a do-er. I like to do things and I like to accomplish things. I set up goals and then celebrate when I can mentally check them off....
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pastormia20
May 11, 20231 min
RISING STRONG FROM HATRED
We are people who need to be part of people. It’s our identity; who we belong to. And often, we define our identity by who we hate. At...
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pastormia20
May 4, 20231 min
RISING STRONG FROM DENIAL
I continue to be amazed with the human capacity for denial, including my own. When things are unpleasant, we put enormous effort into...
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pastormia20
Apr 27, 20231 min
RISING STRONG FROM QUARRELING
Some parts of Christian living are just so clear from the gospels: love your enemies, care for the poor, stand up for the oppressed,...
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pastormia20
Apr 20, 20231 min
RISING STRONG FROM SKEPTISM
Some things are too big to believe until we experience them. Real love is that way. No amount of writing words can communicate real love...
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pastormia20
Apr 13, 20231 min
RISING STRONG THIS EASTER
We follow a God who did not drag himself out the grave, exhausted but upright (like I sometimes am on a Monday morning). But we follow a...
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pastormia20
Apr 6, 20231 min
STRENGTH & INSPIRATION
Recently my daughter asked me, “does pain make you stronger?” She had heard some version of the old saying, “what doesn’t kill you makes...
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pastormia20
Mar 31, 20231 min
HOLY WEEK
This Sunday we enter the most meaningful week of the entire year. We begin with Palm Sunday, 10 a.m., when Jesus enters Jerusalem,...
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pastormia20
Mar 16, 20231 min
WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?
One of the most common reasons I hear that people reject God is that God lets bad things happen to good people. It’s really the question...
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pastormia20
Mar 9, 20231 min
WHY SHOULD I GO TO CHURCH?
Listening to a recorded song is fun, but going to a live concert is an event. Talking on the phone with a friend is fine, but getting...
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pastormia20
Mar 2, 20231 min
YOUR QUESTIONS . . .
In Scripture, our ancestors in faith followed a pattern in their spiritual journeys: they doubted & questioned (real, honest, hard...
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pastormia20
Feb 23, 20231 min
QUESTIONS TO GOD
In the gospel, Jesus is asked 187 questions. He answers (maybe) 8 of them. Jesus asks 307 questions. And yet many of us have been taught...
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