So today we start our Christmas series and I have to tell you I’m really excited for this because we are going to really be addressing somethings that we all have challenges with in one way or another. Can we just be really honest here for a minute and say something? The holidays can be really hard! Ok, now it’s out there and we can move on with the talk today. If you are like me you often . . . Read More »
Three Games We Play and What It’s Really All About
So today we are coming to the end of our big prayer series called Risk. I think it has been a lot of fun. We have been really doing our best to place the tools in your hands to really grow closer and closer to God. We have spent a lot of time in this series trying to remove any and all barriers that keep that from happening. We have given you books to read, we have written . . . Read More »
Why Is The World Such a Mess?
As a father of girls, I remember the days when the girls where much younger. There were days when they came off the bus in tears. They were hurt that day in school. I remember laying next to them that night, hugging them, as they cried and cried. As I laid there, all I wanted to do was pull that hurt out of them and put it on myself. I felt their hurt and all I wanted was . . . Read More »
Our Focus Determines Our Experience
My children and I have a new tradition that started this year that I’m having a blast with. Every day after school we go to a different park with our dog Toby and we run. Well the boys definitely run, and I do my best to run, let’s call it a jog, while Monica walks our dog. It is probably my favorite thing to do right now outside of hiking with my family. I look forward to it . . . Read More »
The Risk, The Reward, The Relationship
So if you have been here through the first few weeks of our “Risk” series you are starting to see just how important a relationship with God really is. That love that’s found in that relationship becomes the fuel that allows us to care enough for others to help them find God just like we are finding God and at the very center of your relationship with God is prayer. Communicating with your Heavenly Father, talking to Him . . . Read More »
The Mind Blowing Invitation
Last week we really kicked off our new series called “Risk.” I thought Ken and Kim did a great job of really challenging us and let’s face it, for a lot of us it is important to have someone love us enough to challenge us to get out of the boat, because it is easy to get comfortable. It is easy to find warmth and security inside the “boat” we call life, and not be willing to take . . . Read More »
Powerful Prayers From Regular Me?
Today we are going to close down our study on the book of James and I have to say in many ways I will be sad to see this series go because it has really been a ton of fun. James is an incredible book, and it really has meant a lot to me over the years and today I’m very excited to share with you one of my favorite verses in the Bible, I love it because . . . Read More »
You Want Me To Love…WHO?
You know last week we were talking about trying to have God focus in a world that is constantly pulling us away from God. The way I see it, that really is the ultimate challenge for us, to stay focused on God in a world full of things that just seem to pull our attention away from God and onto everything, and anything but Him. What was interesting to me was that when we looked around the Bible . . . Read More »
Ignore The War?
So today we continue the ‘12 Ways to Wreck Your Heart’ series, and I just wanted to take a second and ask you a question. How have you been doing with this series so far? Because we are 11 weeks into this bad boy today, and I am wondering if we are seeing and or agreeing with what Solomon was talking about here… Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. NIV . . . Read More »
Real Rest Leads To More Than You Realize
Ok, so I know for the last few weeks…maybe even months I have been all over you guys about taking a real rest. I want you to know something, finding boundaries and rest in your life is a big deal to us hear at MRC because you matter to us. It’s also a big deal to us because we know that you live in a world that makes it almost not ok, to find rest and peace in . . . Read More »