Becoming like Christ for the sake of others

A note from your pastor: July 22, 2020

Hello, my friends! This Sunday we’ll be looking at Psalm 133 which begins by saying “how good and pleasant it is for brothers and sisters to dwell together in unity!”  How true that is!  I know that is how I felt last Sunday night seeing so many of you down at the beach.  My heart was filled with…

A note from your pastor: July 8, 2020

Hello, my friends! As I’m preparing the sermon for this Sunday, I cannot think of a better Psalm for us to be studying.  Psalm 131 is one of the shortest in the book, coming in at only 3 verses, but there is incredible power in its brevity.  Here’s what it says, O Lord, my heart is not lifted…

Moving Forward/Jay 6/29/20

“If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward” -Martin Luther King Jr. Tomorrow marks my final day at Little Church, ending 18 years that Nikki and I have been there. It’s been truly an honor to…

A note from your pastor, June 24, 2020

Hello, my friends, These are emotionally precarious times. I know you’re feeling it. At least, I know, I am. We used to know where people stood on most issues. You could anticipate where people landed with some level of confidence. But these days, every conversation feels like testing the waters. I often find myself assuming…

Is COVID-19 From God? 6/22/20

Is COVID-19 From God? Some Christians have asserted this coronavirus pandemic has been sent by God as a judgment upon the earth. I don’t agree with that. What I do know is God will turn for good what is meant for evil and will work great things in the lives of those who look to…

A note from your pastor: June 16

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. Proverbs 24:3-4 There’s a crawl space under our house that looks terrifying to enter.  I have yet to venture inside.  There’s a small little entryway on the front of our house and when you…

The Excellencies of God 6/15/20

“But you are a Chosen Race, a Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation, a People for God’s own Possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” 1 Peter 2:9 I attended a Graham Cooke Conference a few years ago, and Graham posed this question, “If you could…

What Won’t Be There – June 8, 2020

Weekly Prayer Letter, Monday, June 8, 2020 What Won’t Be There In heaven there will be no more cancer, no fear, no rejection, no shame, no loneliness, no depression, no crutches, no wheelchairs, no pacemakers, no chemotherapy, no suicide bombers, no school shootings, no metal detectors, no persecution, no loss. There’ll be no more middle-of-the-night phone calls,…

A note from your pastor: June 1, 2020

Hello, my friends! This last Sunday we looked at the beautiful promise in Psalm 125:1 that “those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.” Which sounds beautiful.  But while I still look at this verse with hopefulness, I cannot help but question this promise of stability.  Because right now,…