THE CHURCH I DREAM OF...
PURSUING GOD Together in Prayer and Worship I DREAM of a church full of people who are Pursuing God together so passionately that it blows me away. It seems like every week I hear of two or three new prayer meetings that have arisen spontaneously from within the Body. One day...
Holy Matrimony!
Recently, I performed a wedding for some dear friends of mine. As I was preparing, it got me thinking again about all the passages that the Bible instructs us about how to love each other as husband and wife. There is good wisdom written in there – I am sure you may have heard some of...
Wisdom from “Old Camel Knees”
Who is Old Camel Knees? James, the writer of the book of James and the brother of Jesus, was known as Old Camel Knees because his knees were reportedly calloused because he spent so much time on them in prayer. His core belief about prayer is from James 5:16 “The prayer of a righteous...
Racialization, CRT, a Troubled Country, and the Only Hope We Have
Here’s my opinion: The country we live in is in trouble. A while back we were having dinner with several church member families. The subject came up about all the turmoil and divisiveness in our country. Someone asked me what I thought about future prospects for the U.S...
Coffee! Ramadan! Zoom Opportunities!
The world has been in lockdown but we can do a LOT for the kingdom, in our kitchen and on our computer! Check out these updates from around the world!
Your Christmas Offering
Praise the Lord! We collected $25,000 through our 2019 Christmas offering so that made it easy to divide it between our five missions works designated to receive the funds for both humanitarian aid as well as spreading the Gospel. Here is a quick report from each partner about how they will...
PROCESSING THE STARTLING DEFECTION OF HIGH-PROFILE CHRISTIAN LEADERS
“Though none go with me, still I will follow…” I’m not sure if you pay attention to things like this but recently several well-known, high-profile Christians have posted on social media that they have decided to back away from their faith. This news has sent shockwaves...
A New Saturday Night Experience!
Dear Saturday Night Celebration Attendee, After much deliberation our elders and pastors here at New Life have made the decision to discontinue our Saturday Celebration in it’s current form. The final Saturday service in the auditorium will be held on March 9th. However...
Human Trafficking - It’s Everywhere!
Today while Jason held a soccer coaches clinic at the church campus, the lady folk headed off for a long trek into the capital city of Kampala. While perhaps only 15 or so kilometers distance, the wretched traffic, dirt roads, and sheer volume of motorcycles, goats, trucks, buses, trucks full of...
Conversion Van
Today we had several errands at the church campus, including a “Pizza Class” and Teen Dinner. As it turned out, it was lots more exciting than we expected!! Several years ago we wanted to help our community in Uganda create a business to employ the single moms & bring income...