Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does notinsist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing butrejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures allthings. Love never ends. –...
Author: Executive Pastor Heidi Bounds (Heidi Bounds)
A Clean White Plate
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of your salvation and sustain in me a willing spirit.– Psalm 51:10-12 Happy New Year! 2022 is here!...
An invitation to pause-
Dear beloved community, As we move into and through the season of Advent, I want to invite you to pause –breathe in deeply – and exhale. It seems as though the world is spinning so much fasterthese day and before we know it will be Christmas morning. All of that said so that we don’tmiss...
Look for the moments of gratitude
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances;for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 As we move into Fall; my favorite time of the year in Texas, with cooler temps and changingcolors in the landscape, we begin to focus on all the ways in which we are thankful and...
Taking part amid seasonal change
The weather is finally starting to cool down (sort of) and we are marching into myfavorite season of all – Fall! I don’t know why this is my favorite time of year, having beenborn and raised right here in the middle of Texas, we don’t really have much of a true Fall.Nonetheless, it is my...
Chaos is what happens right before change.
As I sit down to write this month’s article, there is much swirling around in my brain. Have you everseen that meme that says, “My brain is like an internet browser: 12 tabs are open, 5 are not responding,there’s a GIF playing on an endless loop and where is that annoying music coming from?” So...