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Blessed Are The Merciful
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Commitment & cow pies Someone has written that when a couple first gets together, or when a new friendship forms, the relationship is like a huge beautiful farm before you. You look out into the future, and you see crops and flowers and trees and rolling hills. And that beauty is what you see in…
Read MoreThis Changes Everything
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Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Happy Easter! On Easter Sunday around the world, Christians engage in this call and response: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! The resurrection of Jesus is the absolute core of the Christian faith. There is nothing more central to our faith than this—that Jesus died for our…
Read MoreBlessed Are The Peacemakers
We were made for, and long for, peace I am praying peace for you and your family these days as we are in the midst of a series on 8 keys to a happier life, a blessed life, each of the eight keys straight from Jesus. The one we come to this week is all…
Read MoreThe Breakthrough Power of Gentleness
Meekness in the Marketplace Imagine that the CEO or President of the company you work for is putting together a description of the next leader they’re looking for to head the company. Could be Hamilton Southeastern schools. Forum Credit Union. Roche or Eli Lilly. Anthem. Salesforce. Here’s the question: What are the odds the…
Read MoreHow to Handle Life’s Losses – God meets us in our mourning
Receiving & giving comfort Welcome back to our series on 8 keys to a happier life straight from Jesus. I know basketball and football are king in Indiana, but I wonder if you caught a wonderful story from pro tennis a while back that sets the stage for this week’s theme. After 21-year-old sensation Naomi…
Read MoreHow To Get Through What You’re Going Through: Part 3 – The Bigger Picture
When your plans get canceled How do you react when your plans get interrupted or when you don’t get what you were expecting? If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that the past many months haven’t worked out the way we planned. Sometimes, things don’t turn out the way we expected. And…
Read MoreHow To Get Through What You’re Going Through: Part 2 – Hold On And Let Go
John Powell used to carry his elderly mother up and down the stairs of their home in Chicago. Every time, she would grab onto the banister while he was carrying her up or down the stairs—and hold on to it so tightly that he couldn’t move her. He would explain, quote Mama, you have to…
Read MoreHow To Get Through What You’re Going Through: Part 1
How much longer? Welcome to yChurch from wherever you are—whether here in central Indiana, elsewhere in the state, friends in New York and Washington State. If you haven’t yet introduced yourself, take a moment to say hi by way of the contact form if you’re on yChurch’s website. We’re glad you’re here, and we’re glad…
Read MoreUnshakable Part 5: All for God’s Glory
Mushing to the glory of God If you think it’s cold outside lately, I’ve got someone to introduce you to. This is renowned dogsled racer DeeDee Jonrowe. She’s a three-time runner up in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that calls for pushing on for more than a thousand miles, and sixteen times finished in the…
Read MoreUnshakable Part 4 – Only Jesus
One solitary life An anonymous author has written this concerning Jesus: He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant. He grew up in another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was thirty. Then, for three years, he was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He…
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