The Wilderness

The Wilderness

By Pastor Steve Nickodemus When You Are Alone “And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil.” Luke 4:1-2a English Standard Version So often our most wonderful times of joy and intimacy with God are followed […]

Bent Out of Shape

Bent Out of Shape

by Pastor Douglas Brauner What Gets You Out of Sorts? “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance…” Romans 5:3 New International Version Somewhere in the annuls of the Fountain Creek management system must be a history of this wheel that periodically allows water to run in […]

Create in Me

Create in Me

By Pastor Don Schatz The Artistry of God “…and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator” Colossians 3:10.  New Revised Standard Version I recently attended the Pompeii exhibit at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix.  Among other things, I was taken with […]