Confirmation Thought
Recently, the catechesis students looked over the rite of Confirmation. Take a look at the words used at Confirmation (page 272 in the hymnal) and in Baptism (page 268 in the hymnal). Do any of them look similar?
Lenten Devotional
“Man ate from a living tree and death came. Man eats from the fruit of a dead tree, the cross, and life comes.” -Pastor Will Weedon Romans 6:23 states, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Sin and death ultimately entered … Read more
One Year Later
It’s hard to think about what I was doing a year ago, March 11, 2020. That was the day WHO officially declared Covid 19 a pandemic. I was determining the menu for our child’s 1st birthday party. I was debating what to do for cake. I failed three times at making cupcakes and was leaning … Read more
Confirmation Thought
The Confirmation students talked about if we can trust the New Testament eye witnesses. If the writers of the New Testament were liars, many could refute the claims at the time of speaking and writing. They would also be giving up their lives for a lie. Seems like they were pretty certain in what they … Read more
Lenten Devotional
Jesus was baptized for our sake so that we may be connected to Him in our baptism. We notice Satan didn’t leave Jesus alone after His baptism. Satan doesn’t leave us alone after our baptism either. We can still be tempted, sin, and have terrible things happen to us. Yet, God gives us wonderful gifts … Read more
Confirmation Talks
Can miracles exist outside of God? Was Jesus only stunned? These are topics the Confirmation students talked about based on the Case for Faith and Case for Christ (student edition) books. Miracles defy the laws of science, so something greater than science would need to intervene was one talking point. With everything Jesus went through … Read more
Announcement: Overnight Easter Casserole Fundraiser
The National Youth Gathering is in Houston in July 2022. It usually takes 3 years to fundraise for the event; and it is understandable that we have cancelled almost all fundraisers in the past year. Therefore, we are trying something NEW! Easter Overnight Breakfast Casseroles! Casseroles will be created on Saturday, April 4 and refrigerated … Read more
Lenten Devotional
We see a glimpse of what Abraham was thinking as he climbed Mount Moriah with his son, Isaac. “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” Abraham didn’t know when or how the sacrifice would be provided. He was faithfully following God’s command to sacrifice Isaac. We forget Isaac could … Read more
Confirmation Update
The Confirmation students talked about corroborating evidence for Jesus and the Bible. This is evidence that helps confirm what the Bible says. One example, is the word, “politarchs” (city officials in some translations). Luke uses this word but it wasn’t found in any official Roman documents. Eventually, there was a first-century arch that was found … Read more
Power of the Praying Parent Book Review
I read Power of the Praying Wife and Power of the Praying Husband by Stormie Omartian about five years ago. I remembered them being nice but not much else. I did appreciate there were 31 days of prayers in the books so when I found Power of the Praying Parent I decided to give it … Read more