Craig Finnestad

I take my son Benjamin to high school five days a week. It’s usually about a twenty to twenty-five minute drive. Usually twenty to twenty-five of my favorite minutes of the day. We talk. He isn’t much for sports. So…

My first church. I worked more hours there than any other church. Every meeting. Every hospital visit. Every Sunday. I’d like to say this was because I loved God, but it had more to do with loving the approval of…

This is only going to happen once. We will consecrate our new structure. It happens Sunday afternoon, April 8th at 4:30. I encourage you to attend. Consecrate isn’t a word we use too much these days. It means to make holy…

Easter. A big bunny carrying around an endless supply of brightly colored eggs filled with candy has taken the day over. Kids canvas their house on Easter morning in the relentless pursuit of sugar. Not that I am adverse to…

I always wondered what last Sunday would be like. We started The Water’s Edge in 2006. I never thought it would take twelve years to move into a building. I woke up in doubt. I wondered if my sermon contained…

I sat on the stage in the empty sanctuary. It was late at night. I remembered the first conversation I had—a decade or so ago—inviting a man to be the first person to join the launch team for a church…

It was over ten years ago now. I remember meeting in the basement of a new house in a new neighborhood south of Harrison on 173rd Street. I was getting ready to lead a small group. It was our first…

We will be worshipping in our new church building soon! We have an amazing opportunity to invite, bring, and welcome new people who are not yet part of our church family. It takes courage for somebody to attend a new…