Miley Cyrus – Sexuality & Modesty

by | Aug 28, 2013 | Current Issues

It sure wasn’t a Hannah Montana moment. Miley Cyrus got up and sang a song at the 2013 VMA (MTV’s Video Music Awards).  After the night was over, it wasn’t winners Justin Timberlake & Taylor Swift or even the reunion of N’Sync that everyone...

Making Jesus the Priority of your Life

by | Aug 27, 2013 | Christian Living, Sermon

I think most Christians struggle with maintaining Jesus as their #1 priority.  Life has so many distractions.  Everything screams for our attention.  But Jesus just whispers in our ear.  And it’s easy to turn up the volume of our life so we don’t have to...

Good & Faithful – A Tribute to Lois Aderholt

by | Aug 23, 2013 | Church

I’m preparing to have the funeral for one of our dear, sweet members… Lois Aderholt. I thought I would share with you some of the things that are going through my mind. The first pastor I worked for was Bill Taylor. He was a wonderful mentor and gave me...

A Lesson on Temptation from a Monkey

by | Aug 22, 2013 | Christian Living

I read a story of how native hunters in the jungles of Africa have a clever way of trapping monkeys. They slice a coconut in two, hollow it out, and in one half of the shell cut a hole just big enough for a monkey’s hand to pass through. Then they place an...