DEFINITELY NOT GOING WELL
What Do You Worry About?
We all harbor worries ranging from work, to money, to health to aging, to worries around our loved ones. Yet God’s gentle reminder is clear,...
Preparing for Christmas: When Loneliness Strikes
Preparing for Christmas: When Loneliness Strikes Loneliness strikes many over the holiday season. How can we handle it? #Christmas #advent #preparingforchristmas #newchurchlive #Matthew11 #loneliness
Things End and Things Begin
Things End and Things Begin The rains stopped in the story of Noah’s Ark, but the flood grew. It seems like life is a process...
In a Crisis, What Dies in Us?
In A Crisis, What Dies in Us? Things do indeed “die” in a crisis. Some of those “deaths” are often temporary – the “death” of...
Pain AND Suffering – What Can We Do?
Pain AND Suffering – What can we do? The old adage that pain is a given, but suffering is optional might not be fully true....
Raining from Above and Below
Raining from Above and Below In Genesis, as the flood grows, rain springs both below and above. A clear metaphor worthy of attention as in...
Why Is It So Hard?
Why Is It So Hard? Life is hard for many of us on more days than it is easy. Why? #hope #strength
Failing Forward with Gratitude
We all reach a point in our journeys where it feels like we are failing. Let’s discuss the possibility of doing our best to stay...
Shame and Guilt
Shame and guilt are helpful for only brief periods of time. We need to move on with God’s help.
“Better” or “Softer”?
As we enter challenging seasons of life, what is the outcome God bends us towards? It is always “better”, or “softer”? Check out our recent...
Something Breaks…
Something “breaks” when we reach the edge of self-sufficiency. Or maybe we should say something breaks open. #hope #strength #newchurchlive #true #Genesis7
