The Father gave a gift. The 3 wise men returned the favor. The Father’s gift = Jesus = freedom = life = joy = peace. The wise guys gift =…
Today’s Guest Blogger, Rod Tucker, is the Adult Discipleship Pastor at The River. Brennan Manning writes in his book, The Importance of Being Foolish: “To become a little child again…
Today’s Guest Blogger, Corey Gibson, is the Student Pastor at The River. Ever since I could remember, my greatest weakness & fear was of the big R – REJECTION….
“You should pay me to have my son on your team! He is going to the league.” That’s what she told me after our first game. I coach 8th grade…
Today’s Guest Blogger, Rod Tucker, is the Discipleship Pastor at The River. Matthew 21: 8-11 “A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches…
Custom fundraising. That crazy wrap thing. It works! Death Star-shaped waffle makers. Death of the toilet brush, thanks to The Loogun – the water gun for your loo. Do not…
It happens every time. Every time Dori goes away for any length of time, Gertie gets deathly sick. (Dori is one of the pastors here at The River. Gertie is…
Today’s Guest Blogger, Rod Tucker, is the Discipleship Pastor at The River. In Matthew 5:3 Jesus says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …
As we have been grieving over my mom’s death, we have found the example of Jesus to be very helpful. Two stories come to mind. The first is when Jesus…
Pain. Dark clouds. Sorrow so heavy it haunts. It hurts. Hiding. Withdrawing. The darkness finds. Down a hole. To hide. No escape. Pain pursues. It finds. It pierces. I miss…
