CONCORD

Pause for a moment. Be still and know God. Breathe deeply and sense the presence of the Holy Spirit all around. One of the great doctrines is the call omnipresence, which means God is everywhere. He is present with you in this moment. He is present with you in the quiet or in the chaos. He is present in the celebration of His goodness or in the pain of failure. God is always with us. In the stillness of this moment take inventory of your day. What happened today? Mo

When we drive a car, we don’t really have to think about it much unless we are just starting to learn. We accelerate without much thought as to how hard to press the peddle. We begin the process of stopping intuitively knowing the distance to stop. We even know the roads to take. For the most part we drive without having to think about it. How many of us have driven to the wrong location just because we were not thinking, and we drove out of habit. Now we need to recognize th

In Genesis 5, we are introduced to a man by the name of Enoch. Verse 24 gives a great declaration about Enoch’s relationship with God. It says, “And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.” Enoch walked with God! This is the goal of the Christian life. If we walk with God, then we must live a life that is pleasing to him. Our lives here on earth must bring honor to His name. We must master the ability to converse with God, both talk with and listen to Him. Th

I talk about community a lot because we need it. There are many forces in our culture that pull us apart or isolates us. The American ideology of rugged individualism, social media, political tribalism, and the idea that no one could possibly understand what I am going through are all ideas that isolate us. Jesus chooses the 12 disciples to walk with him. In the most difficult moment of His life, as He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus wanted the 12 disciples to be th