Blind Old Bartimaeus
In this morning’s men’s bible study, we discussed one of the stories we read for today’s bible reading plan: the story of blind Bartimaeus.It’s one of my favorite stories in Mark for two reasons.First, when I was interviewing for to be the pastor here at Central, I was asked to lead a bible study – and this is the story I chose to do. As I was reflecting on the story in preparation of that bible study, the ideas and message
Storms In and Out
A blog by Next Generation Pastor, Rebecca DeLucia Life has a way of throwing storms at us; some we can see and others we carry quietly inside. In Mark chapters 4 and 5, we encounter two powerful stories back-to-back that show us something essential about Jesus: He has unmatched authority over both external chaos and internal captivity. In Mark 4:35-41 Jesus and His disciples are crossing the Sea of Galilee when a violent storm erupts. Waves crash over the boat. Water fills it.
All Things New!
Happy New Year’s (Eve)! Tomorrow is a day where, at least by the calendar, we start over: start the new year, start new resolutions, start again. We hope that things go better this year than last. We hope that we can do what we didn’t manage to last year. We look forward to a fresh, clean canvas for the year and hope that the picture that’s painted is a good one. We hope that the new is better than the old. In
His Gospel is Peace!
Truly He taught us to love one another;His law is love and His gospel is peace.Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother,and in His name all oppression shall cease.Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,let all within us praise His holy name.Christ is the Lord! O praise His name forever!His pow'r and glory evermore proclaim!His pow'r and glory evermore proclaim! Merry Christmas Eve! Above is the final verse from O Holy Night, where we sing that “His
What Makes for Peace?
Because of this weekend’s snow, Sunday was an odd Sunday. The roads were very unsafe, so we encouraged you NOT to come to the worship service…odd indeed! In fact, one of the songs we were going to sing was “O Come All Ye Faithful”, which I had us cancel – because we were encouraging all you faithful NOT to come on Sunday morning! Instead, we encouraged you to watch online – and hopefully you did (and you still/always can right here). But if