Staff Meeting Devotional Feb. 11, 2014
“From the Lips of Children and Infants” The elementary children of ECC are being encouraged to think of worship not as something that happens “up there” on a stage, but something they are a part of and participating in. The kids are usually given the opportunity to pray aloud for the offering, but it is […]
Sermon Reference Feb. 9, 2014
Click here for the video that Pastor Dan referenced in his message this morning.
Staff Meeting Devotion Feb. 4, 2014
“Here I Am” In Genesis 22, God tests Abraham’s trust and obedience when he asks Abraham to sacrifice his long-awaited, beloved, only son. Can you imagine God’s asking you to kill your treasured child and responding with Abraham’s composure? “God you are crazy to ask this of me” would seem a reasonable response, but Abraham […]
Staff Meeting Devotion Jan. 28, 2014
“Ask” James 4 seems like a downer: “Don’t [fights and quarrels among you] come from your desires that battle within you…you adulterous people…change your laughter into mourning…grieve, mourn, and wail…who are you to judge…what is your life?” Many of our conflicts arise from an attitude of “if only so-and-so would do such-and-
Staff Meeting Devotion Nov. 19, 2013
“The Power of Prayer” The movie Twelve Years a Slave is an intense movie about the story of a free black man in the pre-Civil War North who was kidnapped and forced to work in the South under a harsh master. He would have suffered more abuse if he spoke things that were true—that he was […]
Staff Meeting Devotion Nov. 12, 2013
“Living in Light of Eternity” Events surrounding the return of Christ are an important part of Paul’s message to the Thessalonian church. It is, however, easy for these concerns to be divorced from anything practical. Our understanding of how history ends is incredibly practical.
Staff Meeting Devotion Oct. 29, 2013
“On the Rock and Of the Rock” The Wise and Foolish Builders Matthew 7:24-27 When I think of a building, I think of it as something not quickly accomplished. This is also true of the work of a lifetime–a lifetime of obedience and faith. I usually think of this parable as referring to the sum […]
Staff Meeting Devotion Oct. 22, 2013
“The Lord Has Need of It” Mark 11:1-6 Jesus was preparing to enter Jerusalem, and whatever needed to be done was done. There was need, and other things took a back seat. What does this mean in the light of my life? How does this apply to me? I need to remember that my life […]
Staff Meeting Devotion Oct. 15, 2013
“The Power of Words” I have always been aware of, and even fascinated by, words. Over and over again, I witness the power of words. “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light” (Gen. 1:3). “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” […]
Staff Meeting Devotion Oct. 8, 2013
“He Rules” Daniel 4:10-17, 22, 25-27 “…when you acknowledge that heaven rules…” That’s the part that caught my attention. Leading up to hearing that, some circumstances had caused frustration and strife at home, and I was wishing that others would get their acts together. These were ongoing circumstances that I just couldn’t fix no matter how […]
