I have never been a fan of boxing. The thought to two guys entering a ring and punching each other in the face is not appealing to me. In fact, I don’t think I have ever even watched a boxing match. I heard a great quote on the radio yesterday about boxing. The commentator said, [...]
What do you think of when you hear the word “ministry”? Professionals? Collared clergy? Preaching? Pastors? In church, we use terms like “called to ministry” and “called to preach.” These are all very important concepts. Yet these concepts could give us the idea that the only “ministry”’ is the pastor preaching in the [...]
(A Guest Post by Amonda Isgrigg) After heating a casserole in the microwave for 10 minutes, there were still ice crystals left throughout most of the dish. It was time for the faithful church microwave to find a nice microwave retirement village where it could reminisce upon it’s glory days of when it saved Thanksgiving [...]
Its windy today. Who am I kidding, its windy every day. Wind is bad enough, but for the past 3 months, the wind blowing at church has carried along with it the dust of the construction site next door. The dust has been terrible. You can ask Pastor Jimmie about the dust. It is on [...]
I had one of those panic moments this morning. I was running some errands and exited one of the stores. As I got to my car I realized I left my doors unlocked. Panic hit me because I had thought I left my bag with my computer in the car. I [...]
Here is our May Newsletter for New Life Center
Everyone wants to be part of something big. As I started my adult life, I always thought that working in the corporate world would be great. Something about working in a high rise building as a part of a national corporation is appealing to me. Corporations have important meetings, offices, vice presidents, regional offices, and [...]
Its easy to forget, but God’s plan for us is amazing. We tend to lose sight of this thought because we get focused on ourselves. God has the amazing ability to weave together a plan that gives him the most glory. I was reminded of that this week when I got to take a tour [...]
Everyone knows Easter Sunday is a big day on the Church calendar. Most Churches go all out when it comes to Easter. We add extra elements of drama and music, add extra decorations and lighting, and most importantly we add extra seating. For us at New Life Center, it was our biggest day since I [...]
It was resurrection Sunday and the gospel of John tells us that Jesus appeared to his disciples in the upper room. The disciples were amazed to see that Jesus had risen from the dead. But one disciple was not there: Thomas. The others tried to tell him the good news, but Thomas did not believe. [...]