Acts 2:42-47 Well, here we are at Villa 91. Isnât it great? It is amazing for me to stand here in our new church with all of you because we are doing something I did not think was possible. For the four decades of the existence of RIC and for all of my thirteen plus…
Ephesians 3:14-21 Today is a before and after moment. The last Sunday of the year is one of those. I will call out at the end of the last service in December, âSee you next year,â in hopes of getting at least a few smiles. The night before I got married was one of those…
Luke 23:39-47, 24:13-36 In the Lord of the Rings, which perhaps you have seen as a movie and/or read as a book, there is a character named Strider. He is a bit mysterious, as are many of the friends of Gandalf the wizard. He comes alongside the hobbits and the band of men, dwarves and…
Luke 11:27-28 When I was young my sisters and I decided to serve my parents breakfast in bed. We got up early and worked really hard. We fried eggs and bacon, made toast, put orange juice in glasses, put a little bit of jam in a cupcake holder and butter in another, got some flowers…
Mark 1:21-28 King Nebudchadnezzar threw three men into a fire so hot the soldiers who threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into the furnace were killed by the heat of the flames. (Daniel 3:24â25) Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, âWerenât there three men that we tied up and…