As I mentioned earlier - Valentine's Day was yesterday. There's always a lot of talk about love in our culture. And by association, the flipside as well - "hate". And people have conflicting ideas about what love is. I'm sure you've seen the slogans, "Choose love, not hate" & "Hate has no home here". And much of the discussion is based on the ...

Around Super Bowl time, I've heard preachers almost scold the Church about how excited we can get at a sporting event but are relatively sedate when it comes to a worship service. It's true – many do seem to feel freer to express their enthusiasm in a stadium rather than in a worship service. But even if we could ...

Last Sunday I spoke about the sanctity of human life and I mentioned how that conviction played out as a blessing to my family. I wanted to expound on that a little bit. Most of you know my son Winston— he was one of the teenagers serving communion this morning. And most of you know that's he's adopted. And you don't have to ...

The state of Florida issued permits for the first black bear hunt in a decade, which took place just last month. State officials say it's a science-based wildlife management practice needed for the growing population as human-bear encounters have increased. But of course, since we can't seem to agree on anything these days - there of course has...