I don’t make resolutions anymore because I don’t believe in them. If I didn’t think you would get mad at me, I’d propose that we put an end to these self-defeating promises that make us all feel like a load of garbage. 92% of all News Year’s Resolutions fail. The...
Star Wars Advent, Christmas 2022 Written by Rev. Jaci McNeil 5th Week of Advent December 25 -Christ Candle Blazing across time and space, breaking through earth’s barrier, Jesus Christ has been born on planet earth. Sent by His Father, protected by the Holy Spirit, celebrated by the Holy angels, welcomed by shepherds, worshiped by...
Star Wars Advent, Christmas 2022 Written by Rev. Jaci McNeil 4th Week of Advent December 18 -Peace It is a dark time for the inhabitants of the earth. Although sin and death will one day be destroyed, the battle for the soul of man rages on. A child, God’s Son is due...
Harold’s New & Used Baby Emporium Written by Rev. Jaci McNeil It was Black Friday at Harold’s New & Used Baby Emporium. Harry stood in the center of the store and called out to his employees, “Ok, folks! We’ve got a lot of babies to unload today. I over-ordered last week and...
Star Wars Advent, Christmas 2022 Written by Rev. Jaci McNeil 3rd Week of Advent December 11 -Joy Turmoil has engulfed the earth. There is unrest in the government. The Supreme Chancellor, God, has dispatched Holy angels, the guardians of peace and justice to bring joy to the universe. The mysterious count of the...
Star Wars Advent, Christmas 2022 Written by Rev. Jaci McNeil 2nd Week of Advent December 4 -Love It is a period of spiritual war upon the earth. A brave alliance of underground Holy angels has challenged the tyranny and oppression of the evil empire. Striking from a fortress hidden among the billion...
This book is appropriately named. Pete Greig, the author, talks about prayer in everyday language, using stories from his own life and stories from Christianity’s heroes such as Corrie ten Boom, Dwight L. Moody and George Mueller. I love the question Corrie ten Boom posed about prayer, “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare...
Star Wars Advent, Christmas 2022 Written by Rev. Jaci McNeil 1st Week of Advent November 27 -Hope A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… It is a period of civil war. Holy angels, striking from a hidden base, have won their,first victory against the evil galactic empire....
I am a grumbler, mumbler and an eyeball roller. Something annoying happens and I will grumble if there’s a sympathetic ear nearby. If it’s not appropriate for me to complain out loud, I’ll mumble Shmurmur shmurmur under my breath. If someone overhears me and says, What did you say? I...
It was the end of summer (2022). During a meeting with our lay pastor, Jessica Davis, the subject of, what in the world were we going to do about Sunday School for the kids, came up. Since we have just a handful of kids on Sunday mornings, Jessica came up with...