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The Word: Rising to new life every day
“Put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” — Ephesians 4:24 Spring is spectacular! What a joy ...
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The Word: Celebrating Freedom Friday a bit later this month
Let the past be past at last and celebrate Freedom Friday on March 29. “We know that our old self was crucified with (Jesus) in ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:01 am
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The Word: Spare the rod, spoil the Christian
You’ve probably heard the saying “spare the rod, spoil the child.” The point is that if children are not taught discipline then they will get ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Saturday, February 17, 2024 9:22 am
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The Word: Wishing you a Christmas beyond all that you ask
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Saturday, December 23, 2023 5:27 pm
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The Word: Christ is Coming
My family fosters dogs. What a joy it is to watch these traumatized dogs begin to live again as they receive the love that we ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Wednesday, November 22, 2023 3:46 pm
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The Word: Jerusalem – A kingdom that cannot be shaken
The attack by Hamas terrorists on the country of Israel on the morning of October 7 has shaken people. The barbaric nature of the Hamas ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Friday, October 27, 2023 10:01 am
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The Word: The Currency of the Kingdom
Forgiveness is the currency of God’s kingdom. The United States has the U.S. dollar and England has the pound. But in the kingdom of God ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Sunday, October 1, 2023 8:44 am
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The Word: Celebrating our place in God’s creation at work
Restaurants and streets are full again! Children are donning their new outfits and backpacks to return to the classroom. The signs are all around us ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Saturday, September 2, 2023 10:38 am
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The Word: When slow is awesome
From the moment we feel the synapses of our brains beginning to connect the dots of our day until we lay our weary head back ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Saturday, August 5, 2023 10:23 am
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The Word: Warning – Continued exposure will change you
The Word for Friday, July 7 “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Friday, July 7, 2023 10:39 am
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The Word: Shaping a masterpiece
If you have ever made anything out of wood, then you know the joy of shaping a masterpiece from some strips. A few years ago, ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Sunday, June 11, 2023 8:00 am
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The Word: Jesus makes all things new
“I feel like a new person” someone will say. Maybe you’ve even expressed that same sentiment. I have often felt that way after getting a ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Sunday, May 7, 2023 6:27 am
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The Word: The Great Escape
The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen and James Garner, is a movie that tells the real story of British prisoners-of-war that escape from a German ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Thursday, March 30, 2023 6:16 pm
Lifestyles
The Word: The power to change our world
This morning there were two more mass shootings and the news anchor lamented that we can’t seem to fix this problem – nothing ever changes. ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Friday, February 24, 2023 4:51 pm
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Matthew Sorenson: The Word — Light in the deep darkness
January can be a really difficult time of year. We just experienced the winter solstice, which is the day with the least sunlight in it. ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Saturday, January 21, 2023 8:34 am
Columns
The Word — A visit by messengers of hope
“And the Lord appeared to (Abraham) by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Saturday, December 17, 2022 5:46 pm
Columns
The Word — Surrounded by trouble
After 400 years of slavery they are finally free. They make their way out of Egypt and encamp on the shores of the Red Sea. ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Saturday, November 12, 2022 1:51 pm
Columns
DEVOTIONAL: We’re a lot like the penguin
I just watched a video of a Gentoo penguin being chased by a pod of killer whales in Antarctica. The film was shot by whale ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Saturday, October 8, 2022 9:38 pm
Columns
The Word — Time to enjoy a roller coaster ride
I enjoy a GREAT roller coaster ride! What makes one roller coaster better than another? It seems like the most popular rides are the ones ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Saturday, September 3, 2022 1:51 pm
Columns
The Word — Jesus is the cure for toxic doubt
For the last two years, I had not had so much as a sniffle! But then in happened. The first thing I noticed was a ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Sunday, July 31, 2022 9:52 am
Columns
The Word — New laws are not enough
The brokenness of our world has become painfully obvious for all of us recently. On May 14, a young man walked into a Tops Supermarket ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Friday, June 24, 2022 4:59 pm
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The Word — Life amidst rapid changes
You can’t help but notice the price of a gallon of gasoline. The prices glow on signs everywhere you go. But a trip down the ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Sunday, May 29, 2022 10:15 am
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The Word — Experiencing profound love
I learned how to bake from my mom. Growing up I was convinced that nobody could bake better than she could. She made the best ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Sunday, April 3, 2022 10:00 am
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The Word — Full of hope
A young girl attended a Christian elementary school and had what she would call a very stern teacher. One day she was enjoying recess with ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Sunday, February 6, 2022 8:30 am
Columns
The Word — Celebrating as we enter a new year!
I hope you begin the new year jumping with excitement and rejoicing at the prospect of the year to come. That’s the person we find ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Saturday, January 8, 2022 8:00 am
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Come and see promises fulfilled
“Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” In the midst of a pandemic ...
by Matthew Sorenson, Friday, December 10, 2021 6:00 am
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The joy of hiking
Someone recently asked me to recall a moment in my life that brought me great joy. The enormity of the question overwhelmed me because there ...