Reflections
The Power To Speak
Do not lose heart. For today, the Spirit is in this place, giving you the courage and faith and hope needed for the next week or two. More courage and faith and hope than you know. In this place the Spirit is giving you words. The Spirit is giving you the courage and faith and hope the world needs. Drink […]
Posted on May 21, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
Serving Together in Love
St. Paul was trying to encourage and inspire the church in Philippi to live out their faith. In our calls to serve together in love, we can get weary and discouraged as there is no end to it. What can help us? Listen in to hear what Paul has to say to encourage and inspire. […]
Posted on May 14, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
The Gospel is Not Bound
Pastor Daniel’s sermon for May 6, 2018 on Philippians 1:1-18a Is the gospel strong enough for this world? Determined enough? Relevant enough? Wise enough? Caring enough? Yes. Yes. Yes. For even when we are bound, even when we are subject to the powers that be, even when death comes for us. Even when we are […]
Posted on May 7, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Final Days in Punta Arenas
Ryana Holt sends a hug and update from her mission’s work in Punta Arenas, Chile: Reflection is vulnerable. It is a beautiful, complicated and terrifying place that demands honesty about what went well, about what could have gone better, how and why. As I close up my accompaniment period here in Punta Arenas, I’ve […]
Posted on May 1, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
In God Alone, We Live, Move and Have Our Being
As believers we all face significant challenges to our faith. This is not a new struggle. It has been the case from the beginning. Paul was trying to win over the Greeks in Athens who had deep roots in philosophies and their own religion. He took their own poets words and applied them to God: […]
Posted on April 30, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
Freedom
Pastor Daniel’s sermon for April 22, 2018 on Acts 16:16-34 What is this strange freedom God gives? It’s the freedom granted to each and every one of you today. A freedom that won’t loosen all those bonds of this world. It won’t solve your money woes. It won’t release you from the lure of advertisers, […]
Posted on April 23, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
City Government for Housing Solutions
Pastor Dan and Pastor Daniel are part of the Colorado Springs Faith Table, an interfaith group of local faith leaders advocating for those who are less powerful. Pastor Dan wrote a letter to the editor on behalf of the Faith Table on the city’s role in addressing the affordable housing crisis. It was published in last […]
Posted on April 18, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Adam’s Easter
A few weeks ago, my sister and her family drove down to the Springs for Easter weekend. With them, of course, was my nephew Adam. Since the last child in our family was myself, to say that Adam is precious to us all would be an understatement. He’s a happy, well-behaved, vastly intelligent child…and he’s […]
Posted on April 14, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
Sanctuary Remodel Day 1
Getting started on the drywall above cross. Thanks to everyone who helped reset the sanctuary and remove the blinds. Pr. Dan
Posted on April 9, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Dan Holt
Faith Isn’t a Contest
“A few years back Kristen got me this nice journal. Inscribed on the front page are the final words from our story, the note from the author: ‘These are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his […]
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