The Grammar of the Good Life: How to Stay Fat in a Skinny Culture One often hears about how terrible the suburbs are; soulless, shallow and safe. Even GK Chesterton quipped, “I still hold. . .that the suburbs ought to be either glorified by romance and religion or else destroyed Read more…
Christians are defined by history. Christianity maintains that what Jesus did for us in the past defines both our present and our future. As Paul teaches, if there is no resurrection in the past, our faith is useless now and our future is hopeless. Of course, the same could be Read more…
The Holidays are upon us! When I say “upon us,” I mean it in the same sense as, “the Philistines are upon us!” The page is barely allowed to turn on Thanksgiving before America’s version of Christmas crashes the party wearing a Santa hat and offering deep discounts. The food Read more…
Historically, Advent has been a season where the church looks forward, with longing, to the second coming of Christ. Advent kicks off the church year with sober reflection about the ache of waiting that, by God’s grace, gives way to Christmas joy. At Providence, we hold an annual Advent feast Read more…
In order to see how delightful God’s
solution, we must see the gravity of the situation. Advent serves us in this way, by reminding us
of the ongoing nature of our need and the hopelessness of man-made solutions to solve the
dilemma so that, when God’s gift arrives on Christmas morning, we will be primed and ready to
party.
Every single day, with very few exceptions, you eat. In fact, most of us do so three times a day at minimum. But what does it mean to eat? Is food for fuel or delight? Is there such a thing as good eating and does it always come served with Read more…
As mentioned in our letter last week, the session wanted to inform the congregation of the rationale behind the way we have proceeded during quarantine in hopes of encouraging and equipping you during this season. There are several areas I plan to address, but for this week I want to Read more…
This Friday, August 16th, our final Fat Souls of the season will take place. Our topic is “Fairy Tales”. Before you dismiss this as something only for children, consider the thoughts of some of the greats on this subject. The Grimm brothers, raised in the Reformed church in Germany, thought Read more…
Join us every Wednesday at 7 p.m. for our congregational Bible studies. This quarter the Adult Study will be covering the Person and Work of Christ. The Middle and High School Study will be tackling the topic, “The Ordinary Christian Life”. Our grade school youth will continue in catechism. Childcare Read more…