Sermons and Thoughts from Pastor Todd
Christian churches around the world will gather this weekend to celebrate the Festival of Pentecost. Pentecost is the day that we celebrate the gift of God’s Holy Spirit to the people … Continue reading The Spirit Works Every Day
Today is the Festival of Pentecost. It is the day that we remember and celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit, which comes to all of God’s people in the waters … Continue reading A Letter to my Son at his Graduation
Words have power. They just do. Our words have the power to shape our world…to shape how we feel about someone…to shape a relationship. We have seen this in our … Continue reading With Just A Word
The Spirit comes. Whether we see it or not…whether we sense it or not…whether we ask for it or not…the Spirit comes. And today we remember this gift, the gift … Continue reading The Spirit Comes…
In the fall of my senior year of high school, I had applied to colleges, and I was awaiting their answer. That is a time of anxiousness. Back then you … Continue reading When Jesus’ Prayers Are For You
According to the 2016 Consumer Automotive Index, 87% of Americans dislike buying cars. 87%! That’s an incredible number. In fact, this study goes deeper: 56% of Americans would rather clean … Continue reading Behind the Curtain
At our sophomore day away about a month ago, we spent time talking about our faith questions. We had great questions from our 10th graders! But we couldn’t get to … Continue reading 10th Grade Faith Questions Part IV
At their confirmation retreat a couple of weeks ago, our 10th graders had the opportunity to ask faith questions about things they were still wondering about. We discussed as many … Continue reading 10th Grade Faith Questions Part III
Earlier this week, I wrote in my blog about the first time I was called in to a hospital room where the patient, an elderly gentleman, was dying and his … Continue reading When the Spirit Breaks our Hearts
One of my all-time favorite movies is the 1981 blockbuster, “Raiders of The Lost Ark,” where Indiana Jones discovers the Ark of the Covenant, the 4-foot long container holding the … Continue reading When God says “Go”
I’ve spent a lot of time in the last couple of weeks with my hands deep in dirt. Between weeding, tilling, weeding, planting, weeding, landscaping and weeding, a significant portion … Continue reading A Dynamic Faith
Of the three aspects of the Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit, it is the Spirit that has always been the most confusing and mysterious. Just out of curiosity, I … Continue reading Take A Breath
