Jonathan Edwards Resolutions
Posted January 1st, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
At midnight on January 1, someone shot fireworks right over my house! Usually, this would be a welcome way to ring in the New Year, but this year it got my dog Sadie barking, and the commotion woke Mary, one of my five day old daughters. The reminder that the New Year is upon us […]
Posted in All About Life, Living the Gospel
Cheering for the Other Side – A beautiful picture of the mission of God
Posted December 25th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
I came across this article today, and thought it was incredible. I was amazed on several different levels. First, I was amazed to see a group of people l iving the Mission of God in such an incredible way! This story is amazing and should challenge all of us to find ways to demonstrate the […]
Posted in All About Life, Living the Gospel, Missional living
Merry Christmas – May you find the joy of Ebenezer!
Posted December 24th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
Since we have been doing a series on the story of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, I thought I’d send out a post wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, and encouraging you to find the joy of Scrooge. Here are the last two paragraphs in Dickens’ book. Scrooge was better than his word. He did […]
Posted in All About Life, Sermon Thoughts | Tags: Christmas
Treasuring Traditions at Christmas
Posted December 1st, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
This is from an article that I wrote for the Member’s Newsletter last Christmas. I decided to post it on the blog to encourage families as the Christmas season begins this year. OK, let’s be honest. We tend to be a pretty non-traditional church, so writing an article on traditions at Christmas may seem a […]
Posted in All About Life, Family Life | Tags: Advent, Christmas
Questions and Doubts – #3
Posted November 11th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
Why do I feel so far away from God sometimes and so close at other times? It’s been a couple weeks since I answered one of these questions, but here is another good one. A few weeks back we talked about dealing with questions and doubts in the Sunday service. We gave people in the […]
Posted in All About Life, Sermon Thoughts, Theological issues