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Road Trip - Ephesians 2:1-10: I often find myself reflecting upon my life and joking that "the older I get, the better I was!"  We all have such selective memories.  Years ago Barbara Streisand hit the top of the charts with a song called, "The Way We Were."  It's good to reflect upon that - but it's better to reflect honestly and openly.  It's because of the "way we were" that we desperately need...

Road Trip - Ephesians 1:15-23: I don't know about you, but when I'm on a road trip through the Rockies (and I'm not the driver), I love to spend time leisurely looking out my window.  That's probably why the game I Spy with my Little Eye is such a classic road trip pastime.  Those routes that snake through the mountains always beg me to take in the beauty of my surroundings. I undoubtedly find mys...

Road Trip - Ephesians 1:1-14: Road trips! We may not teach them in our citizenship classes, but they're definitely part of being Canadian! This summer most of us will venture out into the wild blue yonder, following the call of the Rockies or the trail of the Prairies, plunging into almost-warm lakes or hiking through timeless mountains. We hope for magnificent scenery, great conversations, fresh...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 16:17-27: We have finally come to the last message in the book of Romans. We hope you'll join us this weekend, as we consider Paul's last words - how he closes off this extraordinary letter we've been studying since Christmas. As we saw last weekend this letter to the Roman Christians was not just a text book of rich theology. At its core it is really a letter of love t...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 16:1-16: It was a year ago this weekend that the worst floods in a century devastated our city and surrounding communities.  If we learned anything through all that ... we rediscovered the truth we often say here that "we're far better together than we are alone!"  It was remarkable to see how our church and city rallied together to serve so many.  We learned that every...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 15:1-13: Father's Day.  It's another one of those, "I love this weekend" or "I dread this weekend" kinds of experiences that the calendar seems to be filled with.  Many of us struggle with the dysfunctions of a Dad on a weekend like this.  Some of us dearly miss our fathers.  Some rejoice in the gift of a Dad and his influence in your life.  Regardless of our experience...

Not Built in a Day – Matthew 16: Building Projects.  Even as I write this... it sounds like 43 men are working on top of my office as our Green Roof Project is fully underway!  There's just something that's so intriguing about watching something get built (or replaced / restored in the case of our beloved roof!)  Perhaps it was because of his early days as a carpenter that Jesus used the metaphor...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 14: It may not be like this at your house, but over at the Drapers the six of us don't always get along. We may belong to the same family, but that does not exempt us from disagreeing about stuff now and then. It seems the family of God in Rome faced that same challenge and in chapter 14 Paul has something to say about it. No ifs, ands or buts... they are to get along....

Not Built in a Day – Romans 13:8-10: Who knew that God wanted us to be in debt!? Knowing this could change everything! Okay ... the debt referred to in our passage this weekend and nothing to do with irresponsible selfish indulgence - it's actually about the exact opposite way of living. We are going to fulfill Mayor Nenshi's admonition from last weekend and dive into Romans 13:8 this weekend! It'...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 13:1-7: Well it must be the May long weekend because the weather is terrible!  Wait... that seems to define most of our weekends!  It's kind of sad when we live in a climate where it's possible to find consolation in the words, "at least it isn't snowing!!"  Hopefully, if you're not camping in the rain this weekend, you'll be able to join us at church! We're going to co...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 12:9-21: Mother's Day. Two words that instantly create a cacophony of emotions for most of us!  (I wrote that sentence simply so I could use the word "cachophony!") Most of all feel large measures of gratitude and joy when we think about Mother's Day. For others - the losses surrounding the concept of motherhood create painful moments and memories. This weekend we want...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 12:3-8: The body of Christ is called the church. We often affectionately call it the Foothills family. We believe that we are the family of God. In the church, or this family, there is no such thing as an audience, observer or spectator. Everybody is a Somebody in God's family. Romans 8:3-8 is a passage that teaches us that in the family of God we are all uniquely gifte...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 12:1-2: "Of all the things I've lost in life - I miss my mind the most!"  I'll  always remember the day my friend Bert shared that transforming thought with me via a small cartoon.  But just as cartoons sometimes mimic life... so that little statement has seemed to become reality many times in my life over the years!  How do we keep our minds engaged in the life God wan...

Easter Production: Dinah and Shulis' lives are changed forever when their husbands decide to quit fishing and follow a carpenter named Jesus.

Not Built in a Day – Romans 9: There are lots of reasons why I love Peter so much but perhaps my favorite is because he's the guy who admitted that "sometimes what Paul writes is really hard to understand!" (2 Peter 3:16)  It's comforting to know that I'm not the only one who sometimes reads some of Paul's writings and thinks, "What???!!!"  Romans 9 is definitely one of those "hard to understand"...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 8:31-39: Imagine standing at the top of a mountain. We've all been there or at least seen it on a video. This week, the passage we are looking at is like we are standing on the top of a mountain, looking over the horizon of where we have been in the book of Romans and some of the great truths we have encountered. These truths culminate in the reality, if God is for us,...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 8:18-30: Do you ever feel stuck, like life is a giant puzzle and you can't figure out how the pieces are supposed to fit together? If so, be encouraged! The Apostle Paul shared the same frustration, and offers some great insight on it!  Don't give up - come get a new perspective on life from Romans 8:18-30. What are you waiting for?!

Not Built in a Day – Romans 8:5-17: Friends.  Imagine what your life would look like without them?  They are great gifts from God all along the journey and we are so grateful.  But the Bible describes a friend who is "closer than a brother".  The wondrous message of this amazing book is that God has not left us to ourselves to navigate the journey.  He's given us so much ... but no gift is greater...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 8:1-4: Guilt.  It's a constant companion for many and it's not much of a friend.  It routinely robs us of peace, joy, hope and passion.  What do we do with those past hurts and present struggles that seem to creep into our souls and deposit this unwanted gift?  Jesus came to bring us freedom in life ... including freedom from a past that dictates and dominates our prese...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 7:14-25: I like books.  They've become great companions for me along the journey.  In my office library, I have one shelf that holds my very favorite books.  Included on that shelf are several by John Ortberg.  Probably my favorite Ortberg book is entitled, "The Life You've Always Wanted."  It's a fantastic read but it's the title I love most.  Most of us have a pretty...

Youth Ministry - 2 Timothy 4:9-13: What's it like to be a teenager in 2014?

Not Built in a Day – Romans 6:5-13: Preoccupied!  Apparently many of us have found ourselves preoccupied with watching the Olympics this week!  It's a great season to be a Canadian with so many of our teams and athletes stepping up at just the right times.  Our women's gold medal over the Americans will be  a match many of  us will long remember!  I often wonder as I watch these athletes compete a...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 6:1-4: It's Valentine's Day - a sentimental day no doubt created (or at least exploited!) by makers of flowers and candy and all restaurant owners around the nation!  It's a day to proclaim our love for those in our lives and even the most cynical of us must admit that's not a bad thing!  This weekend we are entering Romans 6 and we'll consider some ways in which we can...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 5:1-8: Part of our text from Romans 5 this weekend includes the admonition, "we glory in our sufferings".  Is Paul a crazy man!?  I don't know about you, but I'm not overly fond of suffering!  I love the first part of this chapter that focuses on finding peace with God.  I'm all in on that!  But suffering?  Not so much!  This weekend we'll shift from Paul's theological...

Not Built in a Day – Romans 4:1-25: Faith.  It's no small task to make sense of the journey. Dreams go sideways. People can disappoint us. God appears to be silent. Yet in the midst of it all, there is still a spark of hope and joy in each of our hearts!  How do we fan that into flame?!  Of all the potential heroes of the faith that the writer to the Hebrews gave us in chapter 11 ... he gave the m...