Singleness: A season to be stewarded or a gift to be enjoyed, Sacred Romance pt 4Dear Church Family and Friends,  Apple vs Android. In N Out vs Five Guys. Ford vs Chevy. Pepsi vs Coke. Angels vs Dodgers. Sushi vs Pho. Which is better?How about marriage vs singleness? Which is better? It’s easy to fall into the trap that one is inherently better than the other. The Bible doesn’t place singleness as...  Read More

A Lasting Romance, Sacred Romance pt3Dear Church Family and Friends,  For decades, I have noticed how the emphasis on romance tends to be limited to the initial phase of a relationship.  Think Hallmark movies and shows.  How many of them are about the ongoing married, committed relationship between a man and woman?  Right!?  Few. Most couples go toward marriage with aspirations for a shared life w...  Read More

A Passionate Pursuit, Sacred Romance pt2Dear Church Family and Friends,  Can you think of a relationship that had all the early signs of being something special?  You just seemed to click.  They were intriguing and captured your interest.  You couldn't stop thinking about them throughout the day and you looked forward to any opportunity to connect.Within the Sacred Romance are millions of stories ...  Read More

Sacred Romance, Pt 1Marriage is under attack in Western culture. It has been belittled, ridiculed and redefined. In some cases, it is totally dismissed as being outdated or unnecessary. Who needs a piece of paper to show that I love someone? Who needs an institution that uses or implies the term “covenant” between two people and speaks words like “till death do us part?” The culture around us says...  Read More

Marriage Matters Blog, 004How my life changed at age 46 when we married. A little late for both of us for our first (and last) marriage. Life has always been pretty good without having any major struggles. But, not being able to share the joy and wonderful things that God has given us, had left it incomplete. With Joann in relationship through marriage, has been so much better than ever expected. ...  Read More

Marriage Matters Blog, 003The best marriage advice I've ever received.Believe the best, rather than assume the worst.If we believe the best in our spouse, then conversations about our disagreements are much smoother, and reconciliation comes much quicker.When I assume the worst about my spouse, it causes suspicion, I doubt their intentions, and every action and word gets filtered through a lens of...  Read More

Marriage Matters Blog, 002When Dennis and I met, I was not looking for a spouse, but was busy with a satisfying career, and thought marriage had passed me by decades earlier. There was hope I would meet someone to travel with and enjoy in my retirement years. God had better plans, and brought Dennis into my life at a time when I was really going to need him.  What a blessing he has been to me!  To...  Read More

Marriage Matters Blog, 001Our MarriageMy name is Brady Rice and on June 28th, 2026 Karen and I will have been married 51 years. Our relationship began when I met Karen at church and her fiancé and how we ended up as a couple is fun and interesting but how we managed to stay together for 51 years is what we feel would be beneficial to other couples. We both grew up in Christian homes but in very di...  Read More

Having a Good Heart, Just Like You pt3Dear Church Family and Friends,  Is your heart good, or not?  How can you know?  Does God's rescue and restorative work leave us in our former selfish-oriented condition?  Or, is there real hope for a deep change in us that makes our hearts good again?No one knows our true self more than God.  In all of our efforts to do the right things, to do good and be a b...  Read More

Loyalty Rewarded in Tough Times, Just Like You pt 2Dear Church Family and Friends,  The popular culture had shifted away from loyalty to God.  People were doing strange things in their relationships with others--perverted, selfish things.  Loss of life had no bigger story to frame it.  Grief and hardship were common.  Oppression from regional bullies prevailed. Sound familiar?  It ought to, becaus...  Read More

The Strong Man's Gamble, Just Like You, Pt 1This message shows how Samson, a man set apart and empowered by God, repeatedly gambled with his calling by living carelessly in his flesh, yet never fell beyond the reach of God’s sovereign purpose. We’ll see that real strength is not in our gifting, personality, or willpower, but in humble dependence on the God who called us, is patient with us, and ca...  Read More

Your Best YesDear Church Family and Friends,  Imagine a life where our words and actions match so closely that they move in step like ballroom dancers. In a culture filled with loopholes, exceptions, and half-promises, Jesus invites people into a simpler way of living- where yes actually means yes, and no actually means no.A life where our words consistently match our actions, and our ordinary yes...  Read More