I’ve told the story before, in 2013 I was leading a teaching trip in West Africa.  We flew into the capital of Ghana, Accra and then drove 16 hours to where we were teaching.  Now I love the people of Ghana, and there are many things about West Africa I enjoy, but the traffic is…

So, this is how it would end.  Not being crowned a king but dying a criminal.  Executed as a traitor to both his country and his faith. This weekend we are tying up our Worst-Case Scenario series.  Through January and February and then again in April we’ve been looking at various Worst-Case scenarios from the…

Through January and February, our sermon series was Worst-Case Scenarios. Who would have believed that a month later the world would be living through a worst-case scenario? We could write a new chapter to the book: What to do if you are living in a pandemic. 1. Wash your hands 2. Don’t touch your face…

Everyday things change.  Each day more things close and more directives are issued on how we are to behave, or not behave.   And while it seems that most people have taken it in stride, for the most part, there has been some public shaming, when people don’t act the way others think they should.…

Everything was fine, and then it wasn’t. That is the reality in our world today.  Everything was fine, and then it wasn’t. Do you remember when you heard about the Coronavirus?  Maybe it was the result of a funny meme on Facebook, or an obscure news story about a city in china that you had…

So here we are. Week two of Money Month! In case you weren’t here last week or if you are new to Cornerstone, I made a decision a number of years ago that instead of responding to various financial crisis in the church by preaching on them that I would take one month each year…

So here we are. Week two of Money Month! In case you weren’t here last week or if you are new to Cornerstone, I made a decision a number of years ago that instead of responding to various financial crisis in the church by preaching on them that I would take one month each year…

Worst-Case-Scenarios, we’ve all gone there in our minds from time to time.  Sometimes, we do it as part of the planning process.  For better or for worse, I tend to do that.  For example, people have often commented on the design of our church building.  That was the result of Worst-Case-Scenario thinking on my part.…

What’s the worst that could happen?  It’s a question that we often ask ourselves, or at least it’s a question that I often ask myself, maybe you never ask yourself that question.  Maybe I’m just strange.  But what happens when it’s worse than you could have imagined?  When you underestimated the worst that could happen. …

What’s the worst that can happen?  That a good question, a question that is often worth considering when we have to make difficult decisions. Last week we cancelled church, for the fourth time in our history.  And really, we probably didn’t need to.  And if you arrived for the second service and nobody was here,…