When I hear the words “good news,” it feels good, doesn’t it? At the church, we love it. When we say “good news,” what does that mean? The idea of…
Ken doesn’t stay up for New Year’s Eve anymore. But the year has begun, and he’s not going to lean in with a soft start. And the scripture today isn’t…
The shepherds waiting in the field were at the bottom of society. They were the forgotten, the unknown. They had no reason to believe that they rated a grand announcement…
Peace is something we often say that we want. But how often do we chase after it? How often do we define peace by the terms of idleness? Yet idleness…
In your early childhood, you learn to deal with anxiety, and that learned response carries over through your whole life. We think that the solution to anxiety is in our…
Righteousness is one of those words where we’ve lost its significance. It’s so far out of reach we put it out of our minds. But Paul is telling us there…
As we journey to hope, sometimes that can be complicated. Hope is one of those things that feels good to say, but when we look for it, can be hard…
What if someone came up to you and said ‘you’re one of them’?” We build places of trust and belonging based on the idea that there has to be a them. But…
Today’s message is from the Book of James, and that means that Ken is continuing his lifelong goal to get the church to love the Book of James as much…
Nothing can stop the story of the love of God. Not even a fire alarm. Mark 12:28-34
As we hit the crest of this political season, it’s easy to just pick a bad guy, or to not care about what happens. Unfortunately, our faith, whether you want…
Ken went for a hike with some friends, and came across a massive tree, deeply rooted. And wondered what it would be like to be such a tree, with roots…