Taking fresh steps
to a God-given,
hope-filled
future!

September 27, 2022
The Heidelberg Catechism says that in the Lord’s Supper, we are united by the Spirit to Christ. Being united to Christ through the supper, by the power of the Spirit,

September 20, 2022
Running at the speed of Apple leaves a congregation gasping for breath while it may be missing the point of ministry in the 21st century. Let me begin by admitting

August 15, 2022
Image: Unsplash.com Apple and Silicon Valley are the timekeepers of the 21st century (for other timekeepers, see part one of this blog). These timekeepers push us to move faster, to

August 8, 2022
Andrew Root’s book The Congregation in a Secular Age takes us on a journey in time – or, more accurately, who tells time. The Church as Time Keeper In the

May 4, 2022
What am I learning? This simple but complex question is one that I ask myself a lot. It began as a way of reframing hard situations, a way of calming

April 22, 2022
“One of the struggles of our secular age as people experience it is the myth of authenticity. What I mean by this is… …this overwhelming burden to be singular and

April 19, 2022
Every congregation has conversations going. These conversations happen in council rooms, committee meetings, small groups, coffee after worship (covid permitting!), and many other places. When you listen to or take

April 15, 2022
This morning, a friend emailed me a message that he’s repeated often in the past two years: “Again and again, we see that the COVID experience has revealed underlying fault

March 30, 2022
Photo Unsplash Kris Vos Pastor Sunlight Community Church & The Center for Church Renewal Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on