When you hear the word “Minion” what do you think of?  For some, you think of little yellow people in blue pants.  For others, you have your own favorite minions from years past.    The Disney films we grew up with were filled with Minions, albeit with other names.  Snow White’s Step Mother had her magic…

Well, today is the day.  You ready?  It’s April 30th the last day to get your taxes filed for 2016.  Or maybe you’ve already filed.  Maybe it depends on whether it you are getting money back or paying money out. And taxes are a touchy subject for some folks, Politicians are elected or rejected often…

Two weeks ago I spoke about the little things, the minutia, the details.  In that case it was the details that would have been involved in supporting Jesus and his disciples.  And I looked at Luke 8:1-3.  In particular the verse that said Luke 8:2-3 Among them were Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast…

Rediscovering Easter He was dead, and with him died all of their dreams, all of their hopes everything they believed in.  They had given everything to him, their past, their present even their future and up until three days ago it seemed like a pretty good bargain.  All he had wanted was everything, and they…

When you stop and think about it, it’s the little things, the minutiae.  I can get my head around the miracles in the New Testament, miracles are by definition miracles.  You either believe them or you don’t.  So I don’t struggle with how Jesus fed the five thousand that was a God thing, a miracle…

Who Was on the Cross In 1950, Japanese Film Director Akira Kurosawa produced a movie that through the years has appeared on any number of lists of great movies.  Maybe you are familiar with it, the name of the movie is Rashomon, and the premise of the movie has been used in movies, novels and…

I love this story.  Here we see Jesus healing not one person or two but four in three separate instances and if we had of kept reading we would have discovered that after leaving the blind men he healed a man who was mute. And this wasn’t an isolated incident in the story.   Contained within…

God Answers Prayer, But Not Always Prayer helps us feel closer to God, more connected to the church and extremely guilty if it is perceived that we don’t do it enough or correctly.  And this is one of the verses that is often claimed as a promise for praying Christians:  James 5:16 The earnest prayer…

If I was to ask for a show of hands as to how many folks here pray I would suspect that virtually everyone would raise their hands.   If I was to ask how many folks believe their prayers would be answered hopefully the same number would raise their hands.  I mean really, if we don’t…

When you Pray. I love the positive thought that comes across in the statement that Jesus made to the disciples in the book of Matthew.  It is found in what we refer to as the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus says three words that reflect his positive belief in the people who will call…