Written by: Bill Sparks Posted on: December 11, 2015
A pastor friend of mine used to say, we should keep the cookies on the bottom shelf so that everyone can have some. His concern was that as a church we could find ourselves making the gospel and teaching of the scripture too technical and therefor...
Read MoreWritten by: Bill Sparks Posted on: December 7, 2015
What would it look like to take responsibility?First thing that comes to my mind is a burden. And yet, as I've grown over the years I can honestly say that my role as the one who is leading, my "responsibility" fact has grownwhile the weight of l...
Read MoreWritten by: Bill Sparks Posted on: November 30, 2015
We begin the next phase of our journey here on the pages of t his blog, I want to thank you for your support and encouragement along the way. Your text msgs and cards have been well timed and I am grateful for a group of people who pray regularly...
Read MoreWritten by: Bill Sparks Posted on: November 5, 2015
I wonder if we would lose the wonder if we ever got it all figured out...If you are human, which I assume you are, you have been guilty of a salesman's heart. It surfaces in everyday life. It has it's place in our world of serving others. But some...
Read MoreWritten by: Bill Sparks Posted on: October 14, 2015
Well, here we are, at the end of a multi-week journey through the thoughts of a man who has tried to convince us that there is no way in the world you or I can live "good enough" for God to give us eternal life based on the things we do with our l...
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