What Do You Do When You Have Been Done Dirty? Face it, we are humans. We tend to hurt others and we tend to be hurt by others. The question is “What do we do when we are hurt?” Join us as we look at a guy who certainly knew hurt in his life. David followed six steps in dealing with his hurt. He addressed his loss. He grieved the lost. He cleaned his wound. He guarded his mind. Compartmentalize his learning and he kept his heart open. Thus, when David had his opportunity, he was ready. Are we like David, ready to express the care and compassion of Jesus to a world of hurting people.

Brandon and Marley are in town this week and we scheduled Brandon to preach. On this hot, summer Sunday we’ll be turning to an action-packed chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in order to truly understand what it means to surrender, have faith, and follow Him.

It is Father’s Day so we will recognize our dads and those special men in our lives who have influenced us. But I also want to share some thoughts for our dads and anyone who has had a father. That means all of us. There were many times Jesus said, “You have heard it said… but I tell you…” Like the people of Jesus’ day we like to make things concise and easy to remember. There are times that can be good and other times we need to remember not to throw out the baby with the bath water. We will look at some examples of this and discuss how we might do better.

We welcome our own Linda Maifair to the pulpit this Sunday morning. In describing her message she writes, “Surrender to God is not giving up or giving in. It is giving everything over to someone more worthy, more wise, and more able. Releasing, not just to an all-powerful, sovereign God, but to a merciful Father, what is better off in his loving, capable hands.”

We begin a new series in which we will look at this word and consider how this word applies to our faith. When I think of the word, I think of tearing something apart and destroying it! But deconstruction is more of an action of taking something we believe and looking at the various aspects of that belief. In so doing we seek to understand whether all the pieces of the belief are accurate or whether there is a central belief that is true which is surrounded by traditions, people’s bias or doctrine that may not line up with the true central belief. We will look at the statement Jesus is the Son God. Is it true? And if it is, how does that effect how we are to live.