Pastor Mark Shupe

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The Greatest Gift

What is that present? What truly is the gift that keeps on giving the whole year long? It is the gift of salvation, announced by an angel on that very first Christmas.

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Citizenship

While on this earth, we are ambassadors or representatives of our heavenly residence. We are to display those lasting, Christ-like qualities in our thoughts and actions as we go about our short-lived lives on this earth.

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Abundant Life

What does abundant life look like? Contemplate and prayerfully reflect on that question and see what God reveals to you. My hunch is the answer will lead you back to the idea of the very life of Christ living in you.

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For Such A Time As This

2020 will likely go down as the year we would like to forget (although we never will). Launching into 2021 signals a new year with new opportunities.

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The Meaning of Life

The meaning of life on earth is only found by looking beyond this earth. As C.S. Lewis said, “Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.”

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The Presence of Christmas

God’s invitation for all of us this Christmas is simply to make room in our hearts for His mysterious, wonderful and good workings in our lives. Embrace the unexpected as opportunities to see and experience the presence and provision of God and in so doing, truly welcome the Son of God into our crazy and chaotic world.

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God Talk

We use all kinds of phrases to describe God, but rarely do we think of God as a model for the kind of words we

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Pretend

by Pastor Mark Shupe When I was a child my friends and I would often play a game called “Pretend.” It always started with this

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