Pastor ShilohNov 14, 20212 minGiving Eagerly & GenerouslyWould invite friends over for dinner and offer them a half eaten sandwich left over from lunch? When we live, give and serve, are we...
Pastor ShilohJul 9, 20203 minA Plumb Line for JusticeThe last few Sundays we’ve been looking at justice through the lens of scripture. In the book of Amos, this last Sunday we looked at...
Pastor ShilohJul 9, 20202 minA Note On Recent EventsDear FBC Family and Friends, Our nation is in a time of upheaval. Our hearts are grieving the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna...
-Feb 24, 20192 minHope for the ChurchWe are living in a shifting spiritual landscape in which the church as an institution is no longer intrinsically valued as a central...
-Nov 30, 20182 minPraise Before VictoryFAKE NEWS ALERT! How would you react if our President actually sent in the US Marine Corps Band to lead the charge in fending off an...
-Sep 22, 20183 minLove Who?In Matthew 5:38-48, we encounter what feels like one of Jesus most unreasonable and difficult teachings. The thought of turning the...
-Sep 21, 20182 minHow to ServeA World Changing Servant lifestyle has to be rooted in and driven by something greater than the need, the anticipated response, religious...
-Sep 21, 20182 minHaving a Kingdom MindsetActs 3: 1-10 tells the story of Peter and John healing a lame man on their way to daily prayers at the temple. It would have been easy to...
-Sep 11, 20182 minJesus Upcycles.This is our coffee table. We fell in love with it when we found it at Crompton Collective in Worcester, a shop filled with furniture, and...
-Sep 3, 20183 minTime to Pray?How do you pray continually with so many tasks and responsibilities in front of you? One day, as I was driving, I suddenly lost all power...
-Aug 31, 20183 min"Look kids, Big Ben!"-Praying for BreakthroughIn the movie, National Lampoon’s European Vacation, there’s a funny scene where the main character Clark Griswold and his family become...
-Aug 29, 20182 minThe Lord's Prayer as LifestyleThe Lord’s Prayer is not only a pattern for praying but a pattern for living. We begin by directing our hearts’ attention upon our...
-Jul 3, 20182 minThe Lord's Prayer as a ModelJesus didn’t teach his disciples how to preach, but He did teach them how to pray. The Lord’s Prayer or, the Our Father has become a...
-Jul 3, 20183 minHe's a good, good Father.Some of us may have a hard time thinking about God as our Father because of a bad or non existent relationship with our earthly father....
-Jun 18, 20183 minGod is good, all the time?For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."...
-Jun 8, 20183 minThe What, Why and How of PrayerGod’s chosen method for working out His plan and purpose in your life and in your world is prayer. Yet many of us struggle with prayer. ...
-May 29, 20183 minLove the Ones You're With.Community that changes lives begins when we learn to love those in front of us. Community that changes lives begins when we learn to love...
-May 29, 20182 minJesus & His Ragtag BandWe all long for and need community. We tend to look for it with those we naturally gravitate towards, those who are like ourselves, hold...
-May 28, 20182 minShare (at least) a Coke. Much of society has a bad taste for institutions and structures, but remain extremely hungry for real community and thirsty for spiritual...