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Top Ten Reasons Why People Pleasing is a Really Dumb Idea

by Craig Finnestad June 20, 2018

You do it. I do it too. Seek to please people. Here are ten reasons why being a people pleaser is a really bad idea. 10. You are already who God created you to be. Approval from others shouldn’t be…

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Six Ways to Be a Crappy Friend

by Craig Finnestad August 24, 2017

God gives us each other. We don’t need friends. But friends make the journey of life more doable and more enjoyable. I’m guessing we can’t have more than a few people we actually call a friend anymore than we can…

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Twenty-Five Ways You Can Be Missional in Your World

by Craig Finnestad July 20, 2017

I hear lots of complaining nowadays. I don’t see as much positive action. Let’s change that. Starting today. Try practicing a few of these this week. I’m going to as well. Do a few more next week. Have fun and…

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Confirmation

by Craig Finnestad April 29, 2017

I remember the day. Eight of us lined up in the front of the old church. The boys wore ties. The girls wore dresses. We all wore white robes. Our grandparents were so proud. Our parents took pictures with their…

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Holy Week Explained

by Craig Finnestad April 12, 2017

Maundy Thursday Maundy is from the Latin “mandatum”, the first word of Jesus’ teaching from John 13:34 – “A new commandment I give you, that you love one another as I have loved you.” Jesus was sharing his last meal…

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Our Church Will Change Today

by Craig Finnestad April 6, 2017

Our church will change today. And that is a good thing. After our 10:30 worship experience WE will travel a few miles to our land. We will thank some of the women and men who have paved the way for…

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Roots and Wings

by Craig Finnestad March 23, 2017

I’m a dad. Not a perfect one. I try hard. I think about the subject of parenting a lot. When the boys leave home and go to college—I pray they have two things: roots and wings. Roots remind them whose…

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Going Home

by Craig Finnestad February 24, 2017

I woke up at 6:00 on Wednesday morning. I had filled the car with gas and packed the night before which is odd for me. I took Benjamin to school. Then I began the three and a half hour drive…

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The Church Inspires the Pastor

by Craig Finnestad February 8, 2017

I didn’t preach last Sunday. I like to have those Sundays occasionally. It gives everybody the opportunity to hear other voices. We have some great speakers on the staff and in our church! It gives me a few more hours…

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I Have So Much To Learn and I Need God

by Craig Finnestad February 3, 2017

I’m 47 now. Too old for Snapchat. Not old enough for AARP. I’m embracing and enjoying these middle years. Nine years of my forty-seven years have been spent in college, seminary, and graduate school. More if you count all the…

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I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out. -John Wesley

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