Greetings New Lifer-s! Pastor Bill here.This week I encourage you to work through Romans Chapter 12 with me. I have a suggested reading portion for each day and a verse I have chosen for you to focus on.I love nature. (the fact that almost EVERY message I do has a nature illustration might hint at that!)The amazing migration of salmon up the rivers, against the current and against all odds to achi...  Read More

Friday, October 2ndRead Genesis 6:7-10- 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. 9This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of hi...  Read More

Thursday, October 1Let’s reread Genesis 6:5-13- 5The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have...  Read More

Wednesday, September 30thFor the next three days I want us to discus, what should get our attention?Read Genesis 6:5-13- 5The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the...  Read More

Tuesday, September 29This week’s passage asks a lot of you. There is historical complexity, cultural distance, and theological weight that can feel overwhelming. Give yourself permission to sit with unanswered questions. The goal of this discussion is not to resolve every mystery in Genesis 6 but to allow the truths embedded in the text to do their work.Read Genesis 6:1-4- When human beings began ...  Read More

Monday, September 28We are continuing our journey through Genesis where we come to the Flood Narrative. Theologian John Walton says, “(this is) some of the thorniest passages in Old Testament to interpret.”Noah, the Ark, the flood, and what was God doing? I wonder, how much of your belief of the Noah, the Ark, and the flood is based up actual scripture versus a mixture of fiction and scripture. Or...  Read More

Friday, September 25thTake a moment and read Matthew 14:15-21- 15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.” 16 Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” 17 “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fis...  Read More

Thursday, September 24thThere was a statement made on Sunday during our “Ministry Spotlight” of Celebrate Recovery, where Stephanie Johanning said, “she felt like she was seen for who she was, not what she struggled with.” Founding Pastor Bill, in our interview of how we ended up here as a church, referred back to that statement of the value of being seen. Which is my desired focus for today.What ...  Read More

Wednesday, September 23We’ve been observing the question, how did I end up here. Yesterday we looked at Luke 15 and the prodigal story. We looked at how the younger son had to wrestle with that question when he was in the pig trough, how did I end up here? He came to his senses and went home, embraced by a father that loved him, even though he offended him.Today, I want to keep going with the stor...  Read More

Tuesday, September 22This week we are reflecting on the question; how did I end up here? Yesterday we used it as a guiding element of growth and encouragement. It can also be an assessment; do I need to make a course correction in life because I have wandered from my true north? Do I need to reroute because I’ve not been walking faithfully with God or I’ve walked away from the things of God? Where...  Read More

Monday, September 21Let me set our time today this week with this question- Have you ever wondered or thought, how did I end up here? How did I get here?It could be anything, it could be driving, getting lost, and before you know it, how did I end up here? It could be your career path, you started in one place and now you are looking back and you are like, how did I end up here?Or relationships or...  Read More

Friday, September 18thIn the original passage of Genesis 5, what two names and descriptions stood out?Let’s take a look again at Genesis 5:24, 29- 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away… 29 He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.” Enoch and Noah, their descripto...  Read More