I Didn’t Know I Was Sick Until I Was Better written by Jimmy Newkirk, Associate Pastor (September 10, 2022) A friend once commented, “I didn’t know I was sick until I was better”. Her life-long health condition had just been discovered and...
One Story written by Jimmy Newkirk, Associate Pastor (August 6, 2022) Stories of creation, of Abraham, of Moses, Daniel or Isaiah, or any other Old Testament story sometimes just seem, well, so old. Likewise, the cultures and circumstances described in Jesus’...
Writing on the wall was great fun. That was certainly true when I was a kid until my parents found out. But I’m thinking of just this morning as I wrote on the walls again. We’ve devoted a portion of a hallway wall to measure the heights of our kids and grandkids....
In 1964, Bob Dylan penned the song, “The Times, They Are A Changin'”. He was attempting to articulate, and perhaps inspire, public changes through social and political influence. In a melodic delivery, yet with quite blunt phrasing, he told those who would...
I don’t remember being there for my birth, but I’m sure that was the case. At least my mom said I was. I remember with joy and celebrate the moment Laura said, “I do” and her radiant glow as we began a new life together. In that moment, we became family. I also...
