On Sunday at CrossWay we started a series based on 1 Thessalonians.  It’s called “Real Life.”  God has called us to live lives of adventure, joy, and purpose, but oftentimes those things are hard to see in our routine, everyday existence.  But real life really can be lived, and the way to do it is Continue reading

That’s the title of the message that Pastor Kyle McDaniel shared with us yesterday at CrossWay.  Kyle is the associate pastor at nearby SonRise Church. The sermon was about life lessons from the Book of Ecclesiastes.  It address the search for life, the stuff of life, and the substance of life.  Some highlights (all quotes Continue reading

At CrossWay on Sunday we continued our Freedom series with a message about freedom from anxiety.  Anxiety for many of us is a constant undercurrent in our daily lives.  Sometimes worry is our mental default mode.  But like breathing, which happens automatically yet can be consciously controlled, we can also be deliberate about where we turn Continue reading

The “Freedom” series continued yesterday at CrossWay with a message about freedom from fear.  We all have something that scares us.  For some it might be actual dangers we encounter, such as icy roads, an abusive parent, or a disease we carry in our bodies.  For others it might be a phobia, which is a Continue reading

A couple weeks ago at CrossWay we had our conference minister, Merv Stoltzfus, as our guest preacher.  Last week one of our elders, LJ Timmons, shared the sermon.  As soon as I can I’ll get those messages up on the podcast site. This past Sunday we kicked off a four-week series called “Freedom.”  It’s about Continue reading

Yesterday at CrossWay we looked at the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego as told in the Bible in Daniel 3.  It’s an amazing story that demonstrates the power of God and shows how we can completely trust God because He is completely powerful. The podcast is now available.  You can access it using one Continue reading

Yesterday at CrossWay we started a new series called “Who Is God?”  The first message was “He Is Holy.”  In this series we’re looking at three attributes of God, beginning yesterday with holiness. When considering God’s attributes, it’s helpful to remember a couple things.  First of all, He never changes.  If He is something, then Continue reading

At CrossWay Church yesterday we had the fourth week in our series “Tough Questions About God.” The question for the week: Don’t all religions lead to God? This is actually a strange question because it defies all logic, and we don’t apply this line of thinking to any other area of our lives, yet so Continue reading

Tough question. But for this five-week series, tough questions are what we’re about here at CrossWay Church. Yesterday’s question was: Why do bad things happen to good people? A disclaimer I made up front in the message yesterday: This question is not only tough, but also quite complicated. I refuse to pretend that I’ve got Continue reading