Excuses - we all make them, and we all have them. But they can be INCREDIBLY costly. Listen to this week's Moments of Hope from Pastor Andy.
Moments of Hope: Nibbling towards Lostness
January 9, 2025 • Pastor Andy Searles
How do cows get lost? Well, they nibble their way there! With their heads down, they only look at the grass before them and try to satisfy their immediate need. ...and it's not just cows that do that. How we so often "Nibble our Way to Lostness."
Moments of Hope: The Mosaic
January 2, 2025 • Pastor Andy Searles
Earlier this week, I, Pastor Andy, visited the beautiful St. Louis Basilica, a beautifully ornate Catholic Church in Missouri. What is unique about this structure is its Mosaics. Over 41.5 million pieces of broken and jagged glass and cold are put together to create beautiful retellings of the story of Jesus. Through this experience, Pastor Andy was reminded about the importance of coming together—in our brokenness and jagged edges—so that we can fully and faithfully tell the redemptive story of Jesus to a lost and confused world.
Moments of Hope: Close the Industry
December 19, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Live from the Parking Lot at the Outlet Mall, Pastor Andy shares some frustration and hopes about how we have turned Christmas into an industry. The good news of the gospel is that Jesus came to create a new system for our salvation that has nothing to do with industry - and everything to do with a system called grace.
Moments of Hope: A Light to My Feet
December 12, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
It would be great if we could see the full picture, but we rarely do. Sometimes, God shows us only the next steps and invites us to trust him for the ones we don't see. In Psalm 119, we see that God's word is light until our feet, and it comes with a loving invitation to trust him one step at a time.
Moments of Hope: Drinking Alone
November 21, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy shares the importance of having real friends after an interesting social study unsurprisingly concluded that social media friends are not the same as real friends.
Moments of Hope: Love or Hate
November 14, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
What the world needs now is love, sweet love, right?! But so often, what we unite around is not things that we love but the shared hatred of a rival. This is never the way to build a healthy culture. In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy provides an illustration from the game of Baseball to provide an example of how to love.
Moments of Hope: The Power of Good Deeds
November 7, 2024
Did you know that tiny, good deeds have great power? Not just to change a life, but even to save lives. In this powerful short story, Pastor Illustrates this fact by sharing an incredible story from the conclusion of World War 2. Tune in today and be encouraged about the good deeds that you can do!
Moments of Hope: Slack Fill
October 31, 2024
If you worked in the packaging industry, you’d be familiar with the term “nonfunctional slack-fill.” You might
be so familiar with it that you’d know there’s a federal law against it. But the term "Slack-fill" isn't just related to packaging - its principle applies to the state of our heart. Check out this video to understand the meaning of this crucial and fascinating phrase!
Moments of Hope: Level 3 Friendship
October 24, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles • Proverbs 18:24
Friendships are one of God's greatest gifts and often life's hardest challenges. Sharing some teaching from Aristotle, Pastor Andy helps us define three levels of friendship and explains why we need to constantly search for the highest levels of friendship.
Moments of Hope: Courageous Nobility
October 17, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Did you know that you are made for more? God has such great things ahead for you if you'll pursue them. He has noble plans for you, but accomplishing them will take great courage. In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy shares some recruit ads from the turn of the last century that were so unappealing that surely no one would respond to them. But people did, in their thousands! Why? Because people have a desire in them to do something courageous and noble.
Moments of Hope: A Gentle Word
October 10, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
There is incredible power in a Gentle Word. It can bring peace, end wars, and make friends out of enemies. In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy shares about our response to trouble and anxiety. How do we respond? Do we ignore, insult, or destroy... or can we find a way to give thanks?
Moments of the Hope: Happiness on the Way
October 3, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Where do we find happiness? We find it on the way! Studies and scripture suggest that it isn't found in our search for importance but when we help other people with important things. Tune in to find out more.
Moments of Hope: Blessings in Disguise
September 26, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Do you know that God's greatest blessings often come in some unusual disguises? In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy shares a recent story out of California about how an awkward and rude "bump" became an incredible blessing for one lottery player. Tune in to watch and be reminded of a powerful promise from God.
Moments of Hope: Barcode Christianity
September 19, 2024
What is Barcode Christianity? It's a reminder that being a Christian is not just a label we attach to ourselves but an identity that shapes us. In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy makes a compelling case that Jesus has more in store for you than just sticking a new barcode on you!
