This past summer, we got a dog. I like to refer to her as a nine pound pooper. My family likes to call her Daisy. I was against getting the dog, and of course, the family of women I live with, was all for it. My daughter helped me by creating a chart. The chart showed me that if we buy the dog, over time, my happiness scale would go up. It was a very well done chart, . . . Read More »
Sure Would Be Easier To KEEP The Peace
You know this series we are in is really interesting. We have been able to talk about some really big subjects like grace, and The Bible, and Following Jesus, and community and last week Kim and I had a chance to talk to you about serving others. Serving others is a really big deal here at MRC and I felt like we really had to go after the importance of living our lives as Jesus lived his. I . . . Read More »
Can I Die Without Dying?
So we have been walking through a series where we are really looking at some of the foundational truths of our belief system. We hit on things like love and grace, and the Bible, and worship, and following Jesus…and I loved Ken’s talk last week on community. Boy oh boy, can that community thing really get messed up inside a church setting. What is interesting to me is how we would actually expect anything else! We take a . . . Read More »
Toxic People Kill Community
Why is community, why are relationships, so hard? You can replace the word ‘community’ with the following; school friendships, marriage, work place, church, sports teams, etc. In each of these relationships, community can be a challenge. Why is it that in high school, someone can say you are best friends and then a month later, that person takes an instragram picture of them around a fire put with their friends and you aren’t there. That hurts. Why is . . . Read More »