“Patience is a virtue” is a saying that Pastor Sean reminded us about this week in his sermon on patience, and I got to thinking that I don’t hear the word ‘virtue’ used much anymore. So I went digging a bit to see what I could find. It turns out that even the NIV translation […]
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Jane’s Blog – The Fruit of the Spirit: Peace
This past Sunday Pastor Rob told us about his experience as a playground “Conflict Manager” in fifth grade. Can’t you just picture him in his orange vest carrying around his clipboard? His story triggered my own memory of a talk I heard last year in London by management consultant Patrick Lencioni. Patrick’s book, Overcoming The […]
Jane’s Blog – The Fruit of the Spirit: Joy
“Joy is the flag flown high from the castle of my heart…” Pastor Rob’s spontaneous leading of the congregation in songs about joy this past weekend reminded me that just a couple of weeks ago I sang this little tune to my youngest grandson, Dominic, as he was drifting off to sleep at nap time. […]
Jane’s Blog – Fruit of the Spirit: Love
If you opened your PLC bulletin this past Sunday, you hopefully read about the ARC Gathering that PLC is hosting in July. The conference is titled “Scandalous Love,” and the main speaker is author/pastor Greg Boyd. ARC (Alliance of Renewal Churches) has built their reputation on being a relational network of Christian leaders, so exploring […]
Jane’s Blog – The Story, Chapter 31-Part 2
As we come to the conclusion of our time in The Story I can’t help but have some thoughts to wrap up our time together! But I’m also excited about what comes next – a series on the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). Stay tuned to my blog for some thoughts after next Sunday’s […]
Jane’s Blog – The Story, Chapter 31–Part 1
The book of Revelation has special significance for me. It’s the book that some friends and I began studying one late night in our college dorm room many years ago, an experience that led to me digging into the gospel of Matthew and finding Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Then in 2002 when my […]
Jane’s Blog – The Story, Chapter 30–Part 2
This past Sunday was one of the few times since we began The Story that I didn’t get to hear Sunday’s message live. So I listened to it on podcast, and came away encouraged to fight the good fight. I was also reminded again that our enemy would like nothing better than for us to […]
Jane’s Blog – The Story, Chapter 30-Part 1
For weeks after Malaysian jet MH370 went missing I was captivated by the story. An underwater drone (presently out of commission due to some damage) has been at work searching 23,000 square miles of area in the ocean almost since the tragedy occurred. What does this have to do with our lesson in The Story, […]
Jane’s Blog – The Story, Chapter 29-Part 2
I recently started working on my own personal mission statement. And that task (an assignment for the School of Ministry PLC hosted this year) has led me to think about what Paul’s mission statement might look like. All kinds of words come to mind: “to proclaim, teach, write, and serve.” But then I noticed this […]
Jane’s Blog – The Story, Chapter 29
When the Holy Spirit engineers the timing of certain events, I’m always amazed by his attention to detail! That’s exactly what happened this weekend when PLC hosted a seminar about “Spiritual Gifts” and Pastor Rob preached his message on that very subject. “There were no spectators in the early church,” Pastor Rob told us by […]