I have lived through a flood before. I had just graduated from Drake University. It was the summer of 1993. I was still looking for a job. Any job. My job search was delayed by rain. The rains were relentless…
I can’t believe it’s been a year. Our first Sunday in worship was March 18th, 2018. We weren’t quite ready. Lots of staff and volunteers worked around the clock for a solid week to make our grand opening happen. So…
A small, wooden cross sits in the front of our sanctuary. We don’t have anything too ornate in the worship space. This cross is as close as it gets. It was cut and carved from a single piece of oak…
I’m excited about the next month at The Water’s Edge. WE are going to be talking about and experiencing Christmas. Christmas is a season some people wait for all year. It is a season other people dread. Christmas is a…
Hey Church Family – Create a Ripple concludes on Sunday, November 18th. It is a three-year debt reduction campaign that will allow us to do two things: Spend less money on interest and more money on ministry and missions. Strategically put…
This weekend we start Create a Ripple in worship. The best ripples are created by praying. So, I’ll be talking about prayer. One of the best nuggets of advice I have received is: “Go where your best prayers lead you.”…
I had a colleague ask me late last week how I was going to address the events in Washington D.C. during Sunday morning worship. I told her I wasn’t. My sermon on kindness was done. Got a baptism scheduled. Going…
#BeKind starts this week at The Water’s Edge. Some equate kindness to being polite or nice. Like holding a door open for somebody or saying “thank you” or not confronting somebody over something trivial. Those are all pretty mundane virtues…