Happy New Year! I know I am a couple weeks late with that, but this is my first blog post of the year so I figured I'd go for it. Hopefully you have had a wonderful first 2 weeks of 2022. I am going to keep it short today with the goal of having us make some space in our day to meditate on a piece of Scripture.I would be willing to wager that many of you made New Years Resolutions recently. How ar...  Read More

As we come to the close of 2021, looking back on a year with all of its ups and downs, all of its craziness, anxiety, illness, etc.And as we look to 2022 which is a blank page ready to be written…. I’d like to be bold and make some predictions:*The Eagles will not win the super bowl.*Pastor Josh will have another child.*Our senior pastor will tell some bad jokes.*There will be a suggestion to begi...  Read More

     Growing up, two nativity scenes were a staple in the Vandzura household. The first was a simple, white, ceramic set that sat on a table in our den. The second was a large wooden silhouette that went in front of our house. It was basically one large piece and included Mary, Joseph and Jesus. It looked much like the one below:      Incidentally, my mom didn’t find this picture very amusing when...  Read More

We all love Christmas movies. There are classics that persist through the ages like Rudolph, Frosty, and A Charlie Brown Christmas. My kids are finally old enough to enjoy those movies and it has been fun this year to watch those movies with them and see the joy in their eyes as Frosty comes back to life or Rudolph leads Santa’s sleigh. There are also those less classic options such as anything th...  Read More

What's your favorite Christmas Song?  Here are a few from our Pastors..."Christmas Shoes" - Pastor Dan"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" - Pastor Josh"Dominick the Christmas Donkey" - Pastor PeteOne of my favorite Christmas songs is actually an Easter song.  Maybe THE Easter song.  But I refuse to relegate it to Easter only.  I refuse to not consider it belonging to the list of all time great Ch...  Read More

We love the Christmas story. The baby, a virgin mom named Mary, wise men, Joe the innkeeper (well, we don’t know his name, could be Joe). In this brief blog I just want to consider the opening verses of John’s gospel. I’m writing this as we taxi for takeoff to visit our kids in South Carolina. Soon we’ll be cruising at 20,000 feet (that’s a guess) unless of course we crash, then I’ll be with Jesus...  Read More