Well Shoot, I Did it Again.
A few weeks ago, I was listening to worship music and thinking that although I loved the music, it had been years since I had felt that “desperation” to lean…
Terry Murphy
Thanksgiving Every Day for Everything
We are two weeks from Thanksgiving. I went to Costco this week, there were stacks of pumpkin pies, bags of rolls and piles upon piles of hams and turkeys. There’s…
The Providence of God
So, we have a new President. Which I’m sure makes half the people I know happy, or 50.7% And half unhappy, roughly 49.3% However somewhere in these stats may be…
It’s just Lateral Inversion
What do you see when you look in the mirror? A sinner? A saint? Beautiful? Ugly? God’s work of art? A failure in life? Years back I was struck by…
The Church Isn’t Meeting My Needs
This week we share an article by Pastor Brian Moss … Over the years I’ve watched many people come into the church excited only to be MIA within a few…
Useful to God
On a recent weekend at North Coast, our teaching pastor preached a message entitled, “Welcome to the Priesthood,” utilizing 1 Peter 2: 1-10 as his guiding scripture. (If you’d like…
Let’s Talk about Why We Should Praise God
Let’s Talk about Why We Should Praise God. Here’s what AnnMarie from Busy Blessed Women has to say … I realized a while ago that I needed an attitude change. Life was…
Where Is God in Natural Disasters
I live in East Tennessee. The damage from Hurricane Helene is widespread. Millions of people lost access to water, electricity, and cell service, and thousands have been cut off from…
Persevering with Purpose
(If you’d rather watch or listen to an abbreviated version of this blog instead of reading it, you may do so via this link. The story is told that the…
What’s in it for Me?
One of the most prominent aspects of current American culture is a widespread sense of entitlement. It’s easy to hear the older generation say that the younger generation is “just…