by Ben Conrad | Mar 11, 2025 | Lent
AT THE BEGINNING OF LENT This Past Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. This day reminds us of our mortality by the symbolic act of placing ashes on our forehead; ashes made from last year’s Palm Sunday branches. Austin is a friend of mine; a pastoral presence down in the...
by Ben Conrad | Feb 18, 2025 | The Ten Commandments
REFRAME When most of us everyday folk take something that is not ours—be it money or food or other material goods—it is out of a scarcity mindset. Some of us can have a scarcity mindset even if we are not in a place of dire scarcity at the moment. Fear can create...
by Ben Conrad | Feb 4, 2025 | The Ten Commandments
THE BIG IDEA The sixth commandment by God, “do not murder,” is rooted in His original design that all human beings are made in His image, and equal in value. Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount asks us to look deeper, to see the ways in which we might be adopting an...
by Ben Conrad | Jan 21, 2025 | The Ten Commandments
Author’s Note: Our sermon on Sunday was on the commandment to the Israelite’s to cultivate and preserve the Sabbath. This week, we’ve got two different sections to offer another touchpoint with the topic. The first below is a poem written by one of our...
by Ben Conrad | Jan 14, 2025 | The Ten Commandments
You may find this interesting: different people number the ten commandments differently! Some people consider our first and second commandments to be combined and treated as the first. The idea being that “You shall have no other god before me” and “Do not have carved...
