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Love is...

“Love is all around us,

cheapened it and drained it of its power.

It’s sold in small bottles, fashionable clothes and expensive cars.

But the love of God cannot be purchased.

It’s a gift.”

The Time has come .... (How to make Easter last!)

   The time has come. 

   In the light of Easter, we are called as a church to gather, sing, pray and speak to each other about our future.

   It is appropriate to have just celebrated the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb.  That is the core element to our faith.  The event that sets us on our faith journey and asks us to trust God is ways that seem impossible.

   Yet there it is.  An act of trust, an act of faith.  “Do you believe?” we are often asked…. But in reality we are being asked “Do you trust?”

Cheers to Jeers – The price of being a celebrity

    Michael Jackson, Madonna, U-2, American Idol, Charlie Sheen, Octomom and all the other celebrities share the painful fragility of fame.

   When your hot, everyone loves you.  You have friends, power, things are looking up.

   But the crowds are fickle, and can turn away on the most minor mistake or overblown rumor.

   It’s a story straight out of the Bible.  Jesus enters town and everyone turns out to whistle, gawk and even throw their clothes in his path.

   The more politically astute of the crowd begin to wave palm branches as a sign of revolution.  It’s a symbol of the Maccabean  revolt a few hundred years before.

   Now they are under the bloody boot of the Roman army and are looking for a savior.  They want another revolution to start.

Jesus shows up and fits the bill.  He has