A God Made in Our Image
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Who we picture God to be says a lot about how we assume things should be. In today’s post, we unpack this and begin to plot a way forward.
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Living in Faithfulness - Part Three
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We continue on talking about what it means to live in faithfulness to God by looking at the story of the fall in Genesis three.
Read MoreLiving in Faithfulness - Part Two
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What does it mean to live in faithfulness? To answer that question requires us to start at creation itself.
Read MoreWhat Does it Mean to Have Faith?
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Recently I had the opportunity to talk about faithfulness at Valley View Bible Camp. From the talk, an interesting question emerged: What does it mean to have faith?
Read MoreHow Lofty Ideals Made Me a Worse Person
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In this raw and honest post, Shannon Doerksen shares about how thinking there is a firm right and wrong way to act in every situation damages relationships with both God and each other.
Read MoreTo Love With ALL That you Are
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As Christians, Jesus calls us to love wholistically. This call has big implications on how we are to live in our community. Implications MEMC is looking to address.
Read MoreThe Name of the Lord
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The name of God has been run through the mud in recent years. But thankfully, there is a lot we can do in our community to help raise it up again.
Read MoreThe Two Joshuas
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Come listen to a version of the gospel message I had the privilege of sharing with the Squirt camp at Valley View this past week. A story about not just one, but both of the Joshuas in the Bible.
Read MoreIt's Time to be Clear
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In this article, Jeff Thiessen explores the connection Jesus’ teachings have to healing and freedom, and the implications this has today on how we should think of vaccinations.
Read MoreTo the Graduates of 2021
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Graduation has again come to MacGregor. Here is some advice for our graduates as they look forward.
Read MoreThe Way We Chose
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For many considered high-risk for Covid-19, this past year has been a constant stressor. With the vaccine, we have the opportunity to address and fix this problem.
Read MoreMake it a Combo Please
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Courage and hope have been the topics of the last two Sunday services. But how do these topics combo into something better still? Jeff Thiessen discusses just that.
Read MoreWhat's in a Name?
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The popular meaning of words often does not match the traditional definition. In this post, I talk about how this truth means we evangelicals may need to think about our name.
Read MoreGod's Little Tiny Foot
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In this first post of 2021, Jeff Thiessen asks us what the voice of God will sound like for us this year.
Read MoreAdvent is a Season of Waiting and Thank You From the Rodgers
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In this post, we have two items. First Shannon Doerksen writes a piece on the relevance of Advent in 2020 in light of Covid restrictions. Then Evelyn Rodgers shares a thank you from her family following the passing of her husband, George.
Read MoreMy First Sermon
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The first sermon Pastor Russell ever preached was for the first Sunday of Advent. In this post, he gives his thoughts on that message, as well as shares the outline of that sermon given a full decade ago.
Read MoreHand Sanitizer as Worship
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As a church, we eat together, talk together and even wash each other in practices like foot-washing and baptism. In light of the pandemic, why don’t we take hand sanitizing as one of the ordinances of the church?
Read MoreChicken Little
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Jeff Thiessen continues on sharing lessons from the barnyard. This time reflecting on what the story of Chicken Little has to say for the church in these uncertain times.
Read MoreWhat to do About Jacob
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How should Christians teach and understand a morally questionable character like Jacob? In this follow up to the sermon on the faith of Jacob from a few weeks ago, we look to explore exactly that.
Read MoreMy Ever Developing Musings on Baptism
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Following a baptism weekend, Pastor Russell spends time thinking of some of the lesser thought about implications of Adult Baptism.
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