Let’s take a split-second and forget about Santa for a moment, his elves furiously making toys that will ultimately be dropped down a chimney and placed lovingly beneath every household’s tree across the globe. Let’s escape the mundane materialism of Christmas which kicks-off with Wal-Mart employees being trampled to death by crowds on Black Friday, to the last minute fights taking place aisle to aisle every Christmas Eve over the last toy every parent’s child “must have”. Let’s try for one second, to focus on something outside of ourselves… … More

The gospel of John gives us a story that displays Jesus’ heart of mercy towards the sinner. While Jesus was preaching in the temple, a group of Pharisees caught a woman committing adultery and brought her to Jesus… … More

Come Thanksgiving, many of us might be hitting the road to visit family, or surrounding ourselves with loved ones packing out our humble abodes, stressing over cooking enough to feed a small army, ironing out final game plans for this year’s Black Friday mania, or preparing to be asked a billion times “why you’re still single” or “when am I getting grandkids”, or still trying to figure out this “red cup” Starbucks conspiracy theory… … More

First of all, I would like to say how important it is to speak life. Paris was attacked on Friday, November 13th, by an evil that most of us can only imagine. Approximately 150 people lost their lives to the evil spoken by a tongue that gave way to death. Love was created by God to show unconditional forgiveness and to call us action. Let us not be afraid to stand up to injustice and bring truth to the forefront of our culture and who we are. … More

For most of my childhood and teenage life, all I knew about Jesus was what I saw in pictures, most of which depicted Him as an effeminate Caucasian man with long hair and a beard, typically holding a lamb and smiling while staring off into the distance or sitting and laughing with a bunch of kids on his lap… … More

Centuries ago, early in his ministry, a certain monk by the name of Martin Luther was asked this simple question: “Brother Martin, Do you love God?” Luther replied, “Love God? You ask me if I love God? Love God? Sometimes I hate God! I sometimes see him as a vicious judge looking down upon me … More