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Slowing down scares us

It is a common experience to practice slowing down only to encounter a host of unwanted thoughts and feelings waiting for us in the stillness. So, why in the world would we invite you to slow down at all? God gives us a tremendous gift in the midst of these still, quiet, and uncomfortable moments of slowing down...

Peter Gammell

July 27, 2023

Jesus wields the sword - Matthew 10:34-42

Pastor Peter Gammell's message on Matthew 10:34-42. Peter aims to share regular reflections on the weekly Revised Common Lectionary texts. This message is based on the texts for July 2, 2023.

Peter Gammell

July 1, 2023

The Condescending Love of God

God is so condescending! Wait, what!? Isn't condescension a negative thing? Let's explore God's condescending love.

Peter Gammell

December 1, 2022

A Table Prepared for Me

Jesus has a table prepared here in the midst of my foggy confusion. He is inviting me to be with him and talk with him about my feelings. And although everything doesn’t magically fix itself, I feel safe and seen by God, and that is what I need right now.

Peter Gammell

September 13, 2022

Simple Faith

4 years of college and all that money gone, and I’m here working at the coffee shop living at home, Sarah thought angrily. I thought you had a plan for my life, God. I thought I was supposed to do something. But here I am, what good am I? Where are you?

Brandon Booth

May 3, 2022

Weeping in the "Not Yets"

God always answers prayer in one of three ways- “yes”, “no”, or “not yet”. More often than not, it seems God’s answer to my prayers has been that last one. And the “not yet” feels excruciating-because it feels more like a “no” and it is very hard to tell the difference. Some days, I feel like Job, and I want to raise my fists to God and yell “Why, God? How could you let this happen? When will it end?”

April 18, 2022

What does it feel like to believe?

What does it feel like to receive a compliment? If you are willing, pause for a moment and recall the feeling. What does your body feel like when you accept the truth of a compliment? I feel a warmth settling in the base of my spine, like I can stand up straighter with less effort. The ground beneath me feels flatter, the world more spacious. I can move more freely through my environment.

Brandon Booth

April 12, 2022

The trouble with gratitude

I realized I have a problem with gratitude. If I have to “repay” the Lord for the good he has done for me then it’s not a gift right?

Brandon Booth

March 22, 2022

Be perfect

“Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” This might be the most terrifying verse in the Bible. And that is only right.

Brandon Booth

February 22, 2022

In front of their eyeballs

Do you know what a rhinoceros beetle looks like? How about a tarantula hawk? Big weird bugs matter to me. They always have. Maybe it’s the crazy variety of life on earth? Or the extravagance of design in colored wings and mimicry? Whatever it is, I love them so much that I want my kids to know about them and enjoy them too. So I have quite a few specimens framed on the wall of my front room.

Liv Booth

February 1, 2022

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