I hope this post finds you all well. It has been quite a season here at Emmanuel. Some swinging Easter highs worth celebrating and some painful lows that none of us would choose but I am thankful to God that this family is seeking to stay joined and unified through those moments. In the midst […]
Thank you so much to those of you who chose to worship with us this past Easter Sunday. It was an amazing blessing to be with my Emmanuel family celebrating the resurrection power that our great God displays in our lives! I wanted to briefly share a story of small providence. The week of Easter I was […]
Hi Emmanuel! Would you believe it, I actually have something tech related to talk about! Did you all know that we have a new system for presenting things on Sunday morning? Hopefully not, although it would make my heart soar if I knew that you thought at some point “wow, those slides look awfully snazzy!” […]
A couple weeks ago I was in a group meeting. After one member shared a difficult experience, another member in response said something like, “That is the reason I hug you every day and tell you that you’re necessary. And you ARE necessary; don’t let anyone tell you anything different”. This was such a significant […]
Words are funny things. They have the ability to change the direction of a day, a life or maybe even the world as we know it. Yet, for some reason, I find it easy to underestimate them. Sometimes I say them without thinking about the repercussions of their negative affect, or don’t say them and […]