by Pastor Douglas Brauner “Absolute freedom is absolute nonsense!” Richard Foster I never thought that I’d pastor a church that would close its doors for eight weeks. It’s a new day, a different world in which we live because of a virus. The day is coming when things will get back to “normal.” We’ll once […]
by Gerry Givens Now is the time to share Christ with others. In 2015, I wrote several blogs about my treatment for prostate cancer (PC) and how the Lord led me through that process and to remission. I have had discussions with Pastor Doug since about my reliance on the Lord as I lived with […]
Is There Value in Short-Term Mission Trips? “Our global missions efforts can sometimes drift into a form of conquering. We put a pin on a map and say, ‘Been there. Don That. Got the T-shirt.” While there is certainly nothing wrong with mission trips, we can accidentally slip into ‘missions tourism’ attending the ‘mission vacation’ […]