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Holy Laughter

Laugh. That was all I could do. It wasn't hysterical laughter, more like a nervous laughter, but not quite that either. My wife had just told me that we are expecting our fourth child. I was content with two, but she had wanted a third. No problem, and the third has been wonderful. But neither of us felt that our lives were lacking without a fourth. In fact, we had been filling out our mental checklist, putting a check beside each phase that we would never have to go through again: middle-of-the-night feedings, diapers, sleep schedules. The usual things.

God's Story in 3 Minutes

James Choung has written a book that presents the story of the Bible in an extremely and accessible and compelling way using drawings on a napkin. He tells it in this video in 3 minutes:

Priesthood Explained

"There is a good article on the PC(USA) website by Jack Haberer is pastor of Clear Lake Presbyterian Church in Houston, Texas on the meaning of the ‘Priesthood of all believers.’ He uses three simple categories which help breakdown the idea into easy parts.
The priesthood is not about who is a priest or pastor.

On trying to create things

Ira Glass has a wonderful program on NPR called This American Life. Here he gives advice on starting things that we could all use.

Benediction

The word, benediction, means "good word." After each worship service, we send each other out with these "good words":

Wherever you go, God is sending you, wherever you are, God has put you there; He has a purpose in your being there. Christ who indwells you has something He wants to do through you, where you are. Believe this and go in His grace and love and power.

These words were penned by Richard Halverson, former Chaplain of the US Congress, but we have adopted them as our own. They express our vision for the church.

Which Bible Should You Read?

If you go into any large bookstore, especially a Christian one, you will probably be overwhelmed by the number of choices. To figure out which one is right for you, you need to ask two questions. 1) What is the translation of this Bible? and 2) What edition is this Bible?

Presbyterian Worship

We have a good idea of what worship is. Worship is when we give God his due. We offer our prayer and praise to the Lord. We even go further to offer our money, our time and our talents, in short, all that we are, because God is worthy of all that we are and have. Worship is not only where we give but also receive. We receive the Word of God, his sacraments, his grace and his fellowship.

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