Daily Pursuits

By: Pastor Jarren Rogers In some ways, Christmas Eve is better than Christmas Day. Today, it’s as if an invisible electricity is alive in the air. The buzz of tomorrow’s events, the preparation for tomorrow’s meals, the excitement for tomorrow’s gifts. It’s today that we gather in the kitchen to bake cookies for Santa, ensuring […]

By: Gena Rutherford “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9). Just so you know, my natural tendency is to worry. I worry about almost everything. I don’t know why. I don’t […]

By: Pastor Jarren Rogers Imagine this…. An alien spaceship crashes into the grass behind C1NAZ. A small, green humanoid with an elongated head stumbles out of his cracked and smoking UFO. He turns his head from side-to-side, attempting to gather his surroundings.  His eyes peer over a perplexing barrier, made up of interlocking wires of […]

By: Pastor Andy Rutherford If you are like most people, you have probably given fear too much room in your life. Does it live rent-free in your mind? Fear seems like it takes up residence, expands, and before we know it, controls the entire household of our lives. Our decisions, our relationships, our priorities–can all […]

By: Pastor Jarren Rogers If you’ve ever read through the Psalms, you may come to the conclusion that all of them fall into one of three categories: 1. A Psalm of Praise and Thanksgiving 2. A Song of Sadness, Anger, and Lament 3. All of the Above David, like most of us, had highs and […]

By: Annie Rogers My students have finally reached the most rewarding phase of kindergarten. They have practiced their letters and sounds. They have been writing and spelling for weeks. Now is the moment of truth. Time to progress onto the next stage: READING. I work with my kindergarteners in small groups. We each take turns […]

By: Pastor Jarren Rogers If there’s anything that this past year has shown us, it’s the vast impact that just one person can have. The emergence of the virus has made visible how much influence we have over our surroundings.  Whenever someone tests positive, they attempt to trace everyone they had been around. One person […]

By: Pastor Nathan Rogers Do you know someone who is particular? We all know that person who has to have it a certain way because any other way is not right or is not to their standards.   Then again, some go over the top with something to get it perfect (in their minds)…it might […]

By: Pastor Jarren Rogers In 2015, two metal-detector hobbyists drove ninety minutes north of their homes to a city in the West Midlands of England named Eye. The area was mostly farmland, filled with trees and cropland, small houses dot the countryside.  The two men made quick work of the farmland, scanning it with their […]