Mar 29, 2018 | Pastor's Blog |
I found Jesus! I found Jesús García in Puerto Rico — an amazing person and caring pastor of Iglesia Bautista De Metropolis in Carolina. Seeing his love and care for the community, the song Never Gonna Be As Big As Jesus by Audio Adrenaline came to my mind many times....
Mar 23, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
Anticipating Christmas Advent as a season interrupts the typical Christmas rush of buying and wrapping gifts, attending parties, and wearing ugly sweaters. In fact, it asks us, at least in worship, to slow down and spend the weeks leading to Christmas in holy waiting....
Mar 22, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
Growing up, I was often in churches that seemed to skip Holy Week altogether. We celebrated Palm Sunday, then came back together for an Easter “Sonrise” service. We sometimes talked about the crucifixion and death of Christ, but it was in passing and focused on the...
Mar 16, 2018 | Pastor's Blog |
River Road Church is a congregation of people who are passionate in striving to follow Jesus’ example to care for the least of these among us. The fall kicked off with a busy season of giving to the Alma Hunt and disaster relief offerings; hosting, serving, and...
Mar 15, 2018 | Pastor's Blog |
Over one hundred years ago, Rudyard Kipling described in poetic form the profile of a non-anxious presence: “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you…” Not reacting to the anxious reactivity of those around us is no easy...
Mar 9, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
As you read this, we are knee-deep in the midst of the season of Lent. Lent is a period of forty days (not including Sundays) leading to Easter. For those of us who give ourselves fully to this season, Lent is a time of soul-searching and repentance. As a pre-Easter...
