My Story – Church Version
Today Pastor Ed had me tell my story in church. Here’s what I wrote out to say, which I followed pretty closely. My Story First, I want everyone to know…
Category: Sunday’s Sermon
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Prayer with Thanksgiving
I haven’t updated this in awhile, and after a good sermon is a good time to do so. I mentioned the cancer scare in my last post, but not that…
Sunday Songs
Our pastor is doing a series on Finding Jesus, and today’s topic was Simplicity of Identity. Alyssa got up and talked about all the different ways we find our identity…
Sunday Songs – Forgiveness, by Matthew West, with Jonah 4
This song, Forgiveness, by Matthew West, has reached out and grabbed me when it plays on the radio lately. I do believe that Forgiveness is the key to living a…
Guidance
Today’s sermon was a second in a 2-part series about guidance by our associate pastor, Alex York. I feel like learning about guidance is a precious gift from extremely horrible…
Sunday Songs – “Psalm 23” – Peter Furler
Today I just want to post a song that feels joyful. So here one is: Our pastor’s been preaching in Malachi. The passage about divorce reminds me what a horrible,…
Prayer and Healing, Faith and Fear
I last posted on Sonderjourneys in December, and since then it’s become pretty clear that I’m having more mini-strokes, something that the Coumadin was supposed to prevent. Unfortunately, it’s not…
An Opportunity To See What God Will Do
Today’s sermon resonated with me on several levels. Our pastor spoke about giving and generosity and money — a very timely topic, since I expect to lose my job in…
Shining Like Stars
God did a beautiful thing for me today. I was feeling down, shaken at the core of my being, who I am. Let’s just say that some hurtful words in…
More Big Picture/Little Picture
Today’s sermon was titled “Keeping Perspective.” It was about exactly what I’ve been thinking so much about lately: The big picture and the little picture. Of course it got me…