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.

On this very special day when we honor our moms, I want to speak not just to the ladies but all of us about a very poignant truth for all of our lives. Proverbs 31:30 is the key verse of Proverbs 31. Everything hangs off of it. “”Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised”. That verse points all of us to the character of God. Join with us as we look at 3 bible accounts. The account of creation, the account of Abraham and the account of Abraham being called to sacrifice Isaac. Aspects that lead us to live life better.