The Christmas season is often a colorful blur—a whirlwind of gifts and food. (Even the unfortunate fruitcake makes an appearance.) As we are consumed by the hustle and bustle, we tend to lose sight of the true meaning of Christmas. We need opportunities to step away from the blur and reflect the light of the …
Yesterday was World AIDS Day. In light of this, FUEL (middle school student ministry) at Crossroads created a powerful experience for our middle school students. Through a series of encounters, the students were able to put their faith into action—they literally became God’s hands and feet.
There is very exciting news regarding the $54,000 that people generously gave to provide clean water for Haiti. On average it costs about $6000 to drill a new well. It’s an even more urgent need because over 1400 Haitians have died and 60,000 have been sickened by the recent Cholera outbreak.
World Aids Day is December 1. Sometimes it’s hard to make room in our hearts and minds for yet another globe-sized need. And there are plenty of needs in the world. In this past year we have seen the 3rd largest natural disaster in the past 100 years—the Haiti earthquake. In addition there’s been extreme flooding …
Found this prayer on Facebook via my friend Matt Anderson, worship pastor at Thornapple Covenant Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was written by the Rev. Dr. Jennifer Phillips, Rector at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church at the University of Rhode Island. God of all nations,
Here’s a question related to the BETTER WAY series. What does Crossroads mean when we say we are, and want to be, a church about compassion and justice? People and groups take the word “justice” to mean various things, and it comes up in the news media and talk radio a lot these days.
We just finished a 3-part series at Crossroads called Better Way. This was a journey of exploration and action. As a church, we asked the question: What does God expect of us? The question is inspired by Micah 6:8 as well as the book we gave out—Richard Stearns’, The Hole in Our Gospel. He has …