Singer/songwriter, worship leader, and film score composer Jon Guerra uses various artistic languages to give people opportunities to worship. On this episode hear from Jon Guerra describe his background that led into leading worship with Vertical Worship (4:40), creating devotional music (24:35), and most recently working on the film score for A Hidden Life, Terrence…
Holy Week During a Pandemic Crisis
I realized recently I haven’t posted anything on here over the past few weeks. They have been the craziest weeks of my life as a pastor. Though boredom may be the greatest struggle for some, I’m sure many of you are just trying to keep your head above water while adjusting to this new reality…
A Psalm to Pray in Our Coronavirus Times
Much like you I have been grappling with the increased sense that life will never be the same. In our area schools have been closed, large group gatherings are banned, and society as a whole is overwhelmed with anxiety and fear. How can Christians respond in these times? I don’t have any simple answers. Precautions,…
Knowing God
I drove by a church readerboard last week that said, To know God is to love God. Simple enough, right? A little pithy. Maybe too simple, but memorable. Initially, I didn’t think much of the philosophical/theological/epistemological statement. In a sense, it’s absolutely true. You can’t love something, or more specifically someone, you don’t know. Yet,…
An Honest Assessment
If I’m honest, I’m often ignorant of my own ineptitude. My pride tells me that I’m far better off than could ever be true. I like to believe I’m doing such a good job, that I’m actually better than those around me. The flip side to this is that when I take in that reality…
What Kobe’s Passing Teaches Us About Life Today
I was standing in the front of the church sanctuary, saying goodbye to a few volunteers helping with the worship team when my brother said, “wow, um, Kobe Bryant just died.” At first, I didn’t believe him, which is probably more of a statement of my own cultural enmeshment than anything—nothing can be taken at…