What Makes This Friday Good?
Despite the happy trappings of Easter, spring break, bunnies, and egg hunts, at first glance “Good Friday” doesn’t seem very good. In fact, last year on Good Friday one of my boys suggested we rename the day “Medium Friday” since it was bad that Jesus died, but good that he died for our sins. When I […]
Kim’s Links: Passion Week
Brothers and Sisters, After being out of state for a couple of weeks, it is good to be home. This weeks links will help you focus on the Holy Week and how you can meditate well on the cross and resurrection. Guide to the Holy Week My wife suggested that we should teach the kids what happened each day of […]
Pastor Ryan’s Best Books
With tax day upon us, today we’ll be looking at some book recommendations from Pastor Ryan Narasaki. Ryan is one of the elders at our church who primarily oversees our Children’s Ministry, but he works as a financial planner. Knowing God by J.I. Packer I read this book in the beginning of seminary and it really […]
Loved to Love (Part 4): Because He First Loved Us (Romans 5:6-8)
Loved to Love (Part 3): The Gospel and Love (Romans 13:8-14)
Three ways the Gospel changes our love
Moon Shine, pt. 2
The Member Musings section of our blog is written by church members in the hope of encouraging you to see all of life through the lens of the gospel. Today we hear from Daniel Smeltzer again about how loving our neighbor flows from the greatest commandment to love the Lord. In my previous post, I encouraged all […]
Growing with the Growth
The Member Musings section of our blog is written by church members in the hope of encouraging you to see all of life through the lens of the gospel. Today we hear from Jee St. John, our church administrator who has been with us at Lighthouse from the very first Sunday. She shares with us her own growth in […]
Kim’s Links: Suffering and the Christian
In what I suspect might be an April Fools’ Day joke, Pastor Kim has allowed me to post some links this week for the church family. But, the topic is far from humorous. In fact, this week’s small group study focuses on suffering and comfort, and that’s what I wanted to look at today. In 2 Cor […]
Loved to Love (Part 2): Fighting Inward Love (Mark 12:28-34)
By the power of the gospel, we must sacrificially love everyone God has brought into our lives.
Recounting His Blessings as He Directs my Life
The Member Musings section of our blog is written by church members in the hope of encouraging you to see all of life through the lens of the gospel. Today we hear from Kim Lee as she leaves for Uganda! Kim will be in Uganda from March 2014 through March 2015. Please pray for her! This post […]