Do you live in the Mt. Holly Springs area? I hope you do, and you hope you do too. Why? This summer several churches in our area are joining together to promote simple and maybe not so simple acts of Christian living. We started this past Sunday, and our first focus is prayer, specifically praying Read More
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God’s People at Work: Fixer Upper – Difference Makers Style
The Storyteller Tells a Story of Faith… At some point in our lives, for most of us anyway, we find ourselves in need of help. We might need some repairs to our homes or help with yard work or heavy cleaning that we don’t have the strength or ability to do. This might be Read More
God Often Works a Little by Little
Sorry, there has not been much new content here recently. It has been a busy couple of weeks, or at least some weeks here that have been outside of my “normal” routine. We will definitely get back to new content by July. With that said, I see a valuable use of these posts to point Read More
Finding Rest
Originally posted on August 26, 2014. Hopefully Pastor Matt is Finding some Rest while he is on vacation this week. When we see 2 + 2 = 4, we know that is right. If we would see 2 + 2 = 5 or 3, we would say something is wrong. Most things aren’t that Read More
One Ingredient Essential for True Happiness
Well, if it makes you happy, then go ahead. Do it! Right? This is becoming more and more the “law” of the land. As long as it makes you happy and it is not hurting anyone, well, why would that be wrong? But we have to start with the question: Can I even trust myself Read More
God’s People at Work: Connecting With the Homeless
The Storyteller Tells a Story of Faith… Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (NIV) “In May of 2009,” says Dorcas Sherman (MZ), “I attended a banquet at the former Grace United Methodist Church in Carlisle. Read More
One Incredible Way You Too Can Be Like Some NFL Players
A few weeks ago I talked about seeing God more in the midst of our busy lives. You can read the post here. We are all busy. We are likely too busy. If you are like me, you feel like you are doing something “wrong”. However, you have not figured out what it is yet. (As Read More
You Can Get There from Here
Have you ever gone on a trip and every road you went on seemed stuck with traffic? Every alternate route you tried seemed to be the same. You were not getting anywhere. Then, through persistence, you arrive and find yourself saying, “I didn’t think I was going to make it.” You finally got THERE. When Read More
Do you “have” to go to church?
Every so often you will hear people say that my “church” is the outdoors. You may hear someone say too that I believe in Jesus, I am a Christian, but I do not go to church. Do you “have” to go to church if you are a Christian? Technically, I think the answer to that Read More
Simple Way to See God More Even When You Are Busy
Many of you are likely like my family and me, too busy. We are way too busy running around to different activities. I like to say that it is a “good busy.” In our busy schedules, it can be tough to find time for God. Here is one thing you can start doing today, no Read More