After listening to Patrick Mead’s sermon this past Sunday, I have decided to dedicate this week to fasting, silence, and Scripture for myself and the Rochester Church. We are in the midst of a season of change, and I am seeking to hear God’s voice as we travel along this journey into God’s preferred future [...]

There are many voices calling for our attention. We must always be asking ourselves if we are listening to the right voices. In John’s gospel, Jesus says the following:
“I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a [...]

In our Wednesday night time this week, we meditated on and discussed Jesus’ words in Luke 19:10…
“For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
One of the things that we can overlook is that Jesus does not stop seeking and saving us once we are baptized. I think we often [...]

I just spent a week driving from Michigan to St. Louis to Jenks, Oklahama, to Abilene, Texas. Then from Abilene to Oklahoma City to Searcy, Arkansas, to Nashville, and back to Michigan. Sound tiring? Maybe a little. But at the same time, it was a refreshing time to connect with old friends and make new [...]

Most of the earliest manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark that have been found, end at Mark 16:8. Here is how Mark 16:1-8 reads and how the early Christians would have encountered the end of the story…
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that [...]