"What Should We Do? on Luke 3:10-18 by Michelle Ellis – Dec. 15, 2024
As we keep journeying through the season of Advent, we’re looking again at another story of John the Baptist. The church decided that...
“Not The Story We Guessed” on Luke 3:1-6 by Joe Ellis, Second Sunday of Advent, Dec 8, 2024
A while back, I came across the late Canadian Comedian, Norm MacDonald, quoting J K Rowling where he compared the New Testament and Harry...
“Sacramental Time” on Luke 21:25-36 by Joe Ellis – December 1, 2024
Today is the first day of Advent, so I would like reflect a bit together on what we are doing when we are participating in the seasons of...
"Take Off Old Clothes" on Ephesians 4:17-24 by Michelle Ellis – Nov. 17, 2024
As we’ve gone through this letter from Paul to the Christians who live in Ephesus, we’ve been learning to grasp together this grand...
“Christian Unity” on Ephesians 4:1-16 by Joe Ellis — November 10, 2024
I care about how we live out this passage in Ephesians, yet I am fearful of getting burned by our failure to live out this passage. This...
“Praying for Unity” on Ephesians 3:14-21 by Joe Ellis — November 3, 2024
You can read the letter of Ephesians as divided in two parts. Chapter 1-3 focus more on what God has done and chapters 4-6 focus more on...
“The Mystery of Christ” on Ephesians 3:1-13 by Joe Ellis — October 25, 2024
Did you notice how chapter three of Ephesians begins? Paul is writing along saying in v 1, “ For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of...
“Pax Christos” on Ephesians 2:11-21 by Joe Ellis - Oct. 13, 2024
Here, Paul is writing to two groups of people in Ephesians who would normally have been at war — or at least the Jews would have liked to...
“Can you see it? Do you know it?” on Ephesians 2:1-10 by Michelle Ellis – Oct. 6, 2024
This past summer I read a powerful story about a young man who was rejected by his parents, became involved in gangs and deep violence,...
“Wisdom, Revelation and Power” on Ephesians 1:15-23 by Joe Ellis – Sept. 29, 2024
One of the most common little white lies that Christians tell is when we say to someone, either “I’m praying for you,” or “I will pray...