The term hospitality conjures up significantly different images for different people. Unfortunately, the term has been reduced in many minds to the concept of entertaining friends, family, and “special” guests. The biblical theme of hospitality is, in fact, much different and much richer. The biblical concept of hospitality is perhaps best defined in the concept […]

@JohnCMaxwell The problem with the church today is too many people with too many ideas and not too many effective results #ourCOG

I gave up on resolutions a few years ago. I’d look up at those lofty goals, get excited for a week at most, and then promptly procrastinate my way through the year. The resolution train got me nowhere. That’s where a life plan comes in. Now, “life plan” and “resolution” may sound dangerously similar, but […]

Our worship is sacred. Our methods of worship are not necessarily sacred. On Sunday, January 1 at Cross Community Church, we are planning a completely different approach to worship. This is a one-time event and I am praying that it is effective and well-received. Rather than a group of people sitting in rows of chairs […]

Starting on Monday January 9th we will begin a fasting initiative. The initiative is being coined The Forty-Day Challenge. It will be a time of fasting for spiritual power. The Forty-Day Challenge comes from the book of Luke chapter 4. Jesus was led …

It has come to my attention that stoning a pig is not the kindest thing in the world, so in honor of Stephen I will stone a chicken.
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January 15 at 4-6 p.m. in the OT Cafe.