Posts by Bob Rhodes (Page 15)
Family Words: Hurtful or Life-Giving?
This week’s focus in our Power of Words series is on the family. Families are where we grow and first learn how to live within a system. The influences are enormous.
Stepping Up
Our culture’s tradition is to make resolutions or commitments to ways we might improve our physical, emotional, or spiritual selves. I submit that this tradition might remind us to stay motivated, to maintain the commitments into which we’ve stepped so that we can continue our upward trajectory and achieve even more than we imagine.
Tearing Down or Building Up?
This opening sermon in the series on The Power of Words asks us to realize the choices we make each time we speak…
God Makes this World Our Home
This Sunday is the 4th Sunday in Advent – AND it’s Christmas Eve! But let’s not confuse the two…
Joy Is Our True Home
This Sunday’s scripture asks us to “rejoice always.” Is that even possible?
Christmas at Home
Check out this preview of our fabulous Christmas show!
Home
Pastor Bob’s December blog post looks at the value of home and traditions during this Christmas season.
What’s Your Next Act(s)?
This week we welcome Bishop Grant Hagiya as we begin our Advent season.
Risking Love
This week, our text invites us to think about risk, and I’m certain that we all take risks from time to time.
Choices
We each make hundreds of choices a day, ranging from socks to seasonings, from freeways to food. Joshua’s conversation with the people of Israel reminds us that we get to choose whether or not to acknowledge and follow God’s invitation.