by Pastor Bill Grueninger | Sep 11, 2023 | Blog, Love For All, Love For All (New)
2 Corinthians 9:6-11 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 During my time in Decatur, I’ve been to the Farm Progress show once. And I realized, I had no idea how much time, thought, and money goes into farming. I guess in my naive “city kid” way, I thought it was pretty...
by Pastor Mark Gearig | Sep 4, 2023 | Blog, Love For All, Love For All (New)
2 Corinthians 1:3-7 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 “Don’t waste a good hurt.” It’s a phrase my supervising pastor on my internship often used to say. It’s kind of a strange saying. I mean what is a good hurt? Is there such a thing? As strange as it is, there...
by Pastor Mark Gearig | Aug 21, 2023 | Blog, Love For All, Love For All (New)
Acts 9:1-19 Acts 9:1-19 Holy places are often found in the hard spaces of life. I was reminded of this truth recently, as I had the honor of being with a few families as their loved one neared death. This is a hard space to enter into, no matter how many times...
by Pastor Mark Gearig | Aug 7, 2023 | Blog, Love For All, Love For All (New)
Micah 6:8 Micah 6:8 There are certain moments in life that are exciting in the moment, but afterwards leave you wondering, “Ok, now what?” For me, one of those moments was the birth of our first child, Ezra. I remember being pretty confident ahead of time....
by Pastor Bill Grueninger | Jul 24, 2023 | Blog, Love For All, Love For All (New)
Jonah 3:6-10 Jonah 3:6-10 Leadership is influence. That’s all it is. We like to put big fancy definitions on it and we like to hold it up as if Leadership is some desirable, but unattainable quality that is reserved for people with titles. But Leadership is just...