Merry Christmas and Happy New Year are the words that ring out joyfully everywhere during the month of December. It’s a wonderful time of gift-giving and celebrating together with family and friends. ...  Read More

2021 marks the 5th anniversary of our church-wide Bible reading challenge. Many of you have been with us from the beginning, but there might be some out there who are new to LMBC and don’t know what i...  Read More

If our eyes look a little tired when we wave to you during your exit of the church building on Sundays, the culprit for our fatigue is likely the fact that, as a staff, it is more challenging and taxi...  Read More

For as long as I have been in ministry, Sunday morning services have always started with Saturdays.  Saturdays are the days in ministry life that you are thankful for because they give you time to get...  Read More

I don’t think anybody will dispute the fact that this year, 2020, has been one of the strangest years in most of our memories. What started as a New Year full of promise and expectation quickly turned...  Read More

Head in hands and heart racing, there’s a ringing in your ears. Constantly changing guidelines and rivaling news reports, there’s unrest in the air. The many voices of governors and leaders, each spea...  Read More

The number one tool God uses to form my spiritual life is the Bible. He uses His Word to mold me and shape me into His image. The Scriptures are compared to food and bring spiritual nourishment. Jesus...  Read More

First let me ask you, what comes to your mind when I say the word “flourishing”? Perhaps you think of synonyms such as thriving, abundant, plentiful, fruitful...I think we all want to flourish and not...  Read More

On July 8, 1776, the liberty bell in Philadelphia rang out to summon the citizens of the newly formed republic to gather for a public reading of the Declaration of Independence, which had been signed ...  Read More

In Amos chapter 4, we read over and over, “‘Yet you have not returned to me,’ declares the LORD”.Amos delivers startling judgment from the LORD - reminding Israel, His children, of how they had gone f...  Read More

Remembering Pentecost SundayWhile many of our day to day activities have been significantly curtailed over the last two months, it has been difficult not to become fatigued by the rapid onslaught of i...  Read More

Motherhood is a tough job even in the best of times. And even the strongest of moms find that they grow weary as the days turn into weeks in this worldwide pandemic. Certainly, many are feeling very w...  Read More

God of the hills and valleys has been popularized through song in recent years; if you listen to Christian radio then you will likely know the songs. But the expression God of the hills and the valley...  Read More

So many times in the past year I have prayed – “let this ‘cup’ (trouble) pass from me (or from my brother, my mom, my family, my friends and in recent weeks - our country)” – and I do not believe that...  Read More

The day we celebrate Easter varies from year to year. To be clear, the Bible doesn’t specify the exact date of either Jesus’ crucifixion or resurrection, nor is it an essential salvation truth that we...  Read More

Have you ever asked yourself, “How can sinful man be reconciled back to God?” This article will briefly explore the glorious doctrine of redemption. The Bible portrays our God as a missionary God who ...  Read More

Because I have attended church since infancy, there are many tunes and lyrics of hymns that bounce around the empty space between my ears. Some of these hymns describe the greatness of our God in ways...  Read More

When I was in the first grade I fell in love for the first time. Penny was beautiful, with long brown hair and green eyes. For Valentine’s Day I gave her two of my mother’s clip-on earrings and an env...  Read More

Several weeks ago, while waiting in line at the grocery store, I was making small talk with the man in line behind me when the conversation turned to my job. “What kind of work do you do?” He asked. F...  Read More