Ministries
Morning Prayer
The Focus of Your Life
Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton in their book More Jesus, Less Religion remind us that when Jesus walked this earth he worked to get the focus off of “good” people doing what appeared to be “good things” and to get their focus back on God. Many people in the first-century Israel were pointing to the rules; […]
Revised Common Lectionary
Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 66:8-20; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 Theme Ideas Love and suffering seem to be the two great paths to God. Suffering gets our attention, and love shows us the nature of God. The psalmist speaks of being tested and tried as silver is tried — God put other nations over Israel to […]
Christ has no body on earth but yours
Go Light Your World
Small Rural Church Turns Itself Into A Beacon
Yellow Pine Christian Church may be one of the Disciple churches you’ve not heard a lot about. Their first building project was in 1902, as part of a logging community near Sibley, La. This one room church served a logging community of 2000+ and in true Disciple tradition opened its doors to all denominations and […]
When The Bottom Drops Out
When The Bottom Drops Out Finding Grace in the Depths of Disappointment This is the name of a book written by Senior Pastor Robert Bugh from Wheaton Bible Church in West Chicago. It was written by him after years of helping others through the heartache and losses of life when suddenly his own life turned […]