Sunday Conversations

Have you ever had to give someone a ride in your car, but were not really 'prepared' to do so. You know what I mean - you spontaneously say, 'I'll give you a ride' only to realize your car is a mess and now there's no time to clean it. As they step into the front seat...

In our North American culture we strive for such pretty lives, that when something goes wrong, when life isn't perfect, we can't seem to handle the outcomes. Even though we live in a day with the most advanced medicine and technology, we still wish for perfect,...

This month at The Village we are serving up a series about some of the tougher, perhaps more sensitive issues of faith & life. The Middle is about how we can find God right in the middle of the things we deal with; those things that impact both our faith and our...

We've been talking about 3 words that either lead us to pray or are used when we communicate with God in prayer. Just when we thought we were done, we thought there might be a little more to say about this. First, a recap... We started with the word HELP. It’s the...

I was looking through my stash of collectables (souvenirs and such) and was reminded at some of the amazing things that I've experienced. Let's put this in context: I've never been to Europe or California, I've never been to a super bowl or world series. So the...

Try this little experiment: For one day, make your initial response or greeting include a complaint. After your first hello, complain about something. (some people are really good at this). On day two, do the total opposite: Make your initial response or greeting...

I was first introduced to the practice of prayer when I was a kid. I was taught to pray before meals, before bed, and at certain times for certain things. I was also taught to develop some kind of consistent prayer pattern. However, I really started to see what this...

As we get closer to Christmas day we look at one more part of the pre-Christmas story. It's a one hit wonder from Jesus' mother, Mary. Every musician and songwriter has aspirations of writing at least one hit song in their lifetime. They hope that one of their many...

The Christmas story we find in the gospels is compelling and fascinating. The birth narratives in Matthew and Luke make for really good story telling, hence the reason we’re still talking about this story more than 2000 years later. That said, perhaps the lead up to...