I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken. (John 15:1-3 The Message) Before he retired, Read more
May 11, 2011 in Meditations by Pastor Steve
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I’ve often joked to my friends that I think it would be great to be a bear. I could eat anything I wanted in the fall, then sleep the winter away in a cozy cave. I’d wander out in the spring, rested and thin, having missed the whole freezing ordeal! It sounds tempting, but God Read more
March 30, 2011 in Meditations by Pastor Steve
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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] John said it well: This is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another (NRSV). We make all sorts of excuses to avoid the issue. Have you ever heard this one? “I have to love you, but I don’t have to like Read more
August 11, 2009 in Messages by Pastor Steve
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