Sunday Sermon Blog/Podcast

“When I compare myself to the ’super-mom’ image of motherhood our culture presents - a mom who is able to work a full-time job, manage the house, and raise the kids and do it all with a smile - I feel completely inadequte.” Jan Cox, our Director of Childrens Ministry and mother of 3 boys, shares her unique insight into motherhood.
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Given the choice I think every one of us would rather be considered a winner than a loser.  All of us would rather have our friends think of us as a success than a failure.  In fact, being called a failure is one of the ultimate insults in our culture.   So, last month when we asked you to send us your ananymous confessions, it came as no surprise when many of you said you feel like a failure.
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There have been moments in my life when I’ve seriously wondered whether prayer really works…  Like when God allowed my grandfather to die of lung cancer despite my prayers… When gathered in a room of a thousand people praying - can God really listen to and answer all those prayers at the same time?  And times when I attempted big things for God, prayed diligently, and those efforts flopped.  Why?  Where was God?  Odds are you’ve probably wondered about the same things.

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Some things in life you are rock-solid certain about.  There are other things in life which you are 100% sure are NOT true.  Most things in life, however, lie somewhere in between where there is some doubt - a politician’s promise, a weatherman’s forecast, and perhaps even God.

“I know this is politically incorrect for a pastor to say, but I’ve doubted God at times in my life.”
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“There are some Christians who drive me crazy.  There are some Christians who make it very difficult for me to love my neighbors as myself.”
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