State of the Universe
State of the Universe Lessons from Jesus in an Election Year “This is God’s universe and he does things His way; you may have a better way but you don’t have a universe.” J. Vernon McGee, Presbyterian Minister in the 20th c. “Our political parties are nothing more than mobs who believe their own crap.” […]
The Good Life
The Good life What comes to mind when you think about someone living “the good life”? Commercials portray the good life as a pristine lawn, a full retirement account, and a new car whisking you away on fresh adventures. On social media, the good life is beautiful people doing interesting things to entertain adoring fans. […]
What Lies Beneath
What Lies Beneath A Lenten Exploration of the Seven Deadly Sins Envision a war-torn battlefield. Guerrilla warfare lurks at the edges. Entrenched battle lines struggle toward one another. Tactics of deception and distraction are everywhere. This is an epic battle between good and evil! And yet, in the fog of war, murky motivations and flimsy […]
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& Christianity got over the difficulty of combining furious opposites by keeping them both, and keeping them both furious. Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton In an either-or world, two things cannot be correct at the same time. Our world, from politics to social media, insists upon the polarized either-or. Either, it must be this, or it must […]
The Songs We Sing
The Songs We Sing A Closer Look at Christmas Carols and their Language of Longing https://vimeo.com/891072695/5e607f14ac?share=copy Benjamin Zander delivered a talk entitled, The Transformative Power of Classical Music, one of the most-watched TED talks of all time. Benjamin Zander was born in 1939 and became a Jewish refugee from Berlin to England. He began composing […]
gods or God’s
gods or God’s? money · sex · power Suppose you are cleaning out a basement, and you discover an ancient, oil lamp. There is an engraving on the side, years of grit and grime make it illegible, so you grab your shirt-tail and begin to rub the lamp. Pyrotechnics! Poof,a genie with a voice resembling […]
Explore God
Explore God Join us as we explore the seven big questions: What is the Purpose of Life? How can I know God exists? How can I trust that the Bible is reliable? Why believe Jesus is God? If there is a God, why does God allow injustice, pain, and suffering? Why does Christianity seem so […]
Teach Us to Pray
Teach Us to Pray The Lord’s Prayer “Lord, Teach us to Pray…” Luke 11:1 “To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.” Karl Barth “Prayer shapes a deep groove of abiding trust in God and allows someone to name God’s provisions and protections over and […]
An Unlikely Conversation
An Unlikely Conversation Lessons in the Gospel of John On Easter Sunday we welcomed many friends, neighbors, co-workers, and family members to WCPC as invited guests. We are so glad you came! Would you consider sticking around to have “an unlikely conversation” over the next few Sundays? We will turn to the first pages of […]
Cry of the Soul
Cry of the Soul Trusting God with our Difficult Emotions “Every emotion, though horizontally provoked, nevertheless reflects something about the vertical dimension: our relationship with God.” -The Cry of the Soul. Can a book change your life? Around fifteen years ago I read a book entitled, The Cry of the Soul, by Dan Allender and […]