Stars and Bucks

Happy Friday Teach us to pray. Luke 11:1 It’s worth noting that the disciples did not ask Jesus to teach them how to lead a group, multiply food or walk on water. They asked to be taught how to pray, which suggests they saw his prayer life lying at the center of his...

You Will Have Trouble

Happy Friday,   In this world you will have trouble. Jesus   If this verse was good news, we’d claim it as a promise. Because it’s not, we ignore it when possible. That is unfortunate. For starters, understanding that this broken world is, well, broken,...

Religion is dying?

Happy Friday I buffet my body and make it my slave. I Corinthians 9 After being a Christ-follower for ten years, many have relived year one ten times rather than mature. Why? Because spiritual growth requires discipline and sacrifice, and many are not very interested...

For Better or Worse, I’m Back!

Happy Friday, If serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my...

From the best looking son

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.  (Or as Mike would say…Press On.) Galatians 6:9 Jason Woodruff is filling in for The Friday Update this week. Jason is Mike’s youngest (and best-looking) son. He lives in...