The church office area has been under construction for a few weeks now as we re-arrange our space. If you are in the office area, you’ll now notice a longer hallway, new doors, new paint and soon some new carpet. The work started with demolition. That involved taking down studs, tearing out drywall, ripping up…
We are just four Sunday’s away from Easter and if you know me well, you know that this is my favorite season of the year. In the last few days, I have thought about how Jesus willingly walked through suffering. Whether it was rejection, abandonment, ridicule, misunderstanding or having close friends leave due to unbelief;…
I love reading the story of Paul’s sailing voyage in Acts 27. Especially verses 13-26 about a ginormous storm that would obliterate their ship! You might think, “Goodness, Mike…that’s awfully heartless of you.” But allow me to explain why this story speaks to me, and perhaps it will to you, too. Backtrack slightly to verse…
Last Sunday morning Toby said he sometimes struggles with singing certain hymns because he’s not perfectly living up to the statements made in the song. For instance, the last stanza of the invitation song that morning had me asking God to “take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for Thee.” Obviously we all…
Usually, when people read a verse like this, they think they have to literally get out and go. They believe that they need to go to a third world country and help the sick and the poor, they need to go help with inner city kids, they need to go do something extravagant. All of that is good and necessary, however, it is quite easy to forget that we live on a mission field.
The summer is well under way and so far it has been a very exciting and interesting summer. Along with being so incredible it has also been very, very exhausting. With events almost every day we are keeping the teens and ourselves very busy. Through it all, it has been amazing to see how the…
Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” Unlike Cody, my personal plans did not include coming back to Northside as an intern. I was surprised when Toby came to me over Christmas break to ask if I would be interested in interviewing for the…
I am so very excited for the opportunity to be the male intern for this summer. Since my time in the youth group I have had the desire to come back and intern for Northside and I am so very thankful for the chance that I have been given this summer to do just that.…