Sermons
Who has permission to “speak into your life”? Who do you trust to tell you the things you’d rather not hear? You may think it’s your spouse, but that’s actually…
Once upon a time, doing your best meant giving it all you had, going the extra mile, putting some elbow grease into it. Doing your best meant you were expected…
Once upon a time there was the nuclear family. Maybe you remember it … mom, dad, 2.5 children all living is a single family domicile (back in a day when…
“I don’t have time for another friend” he said to me. He was already overextended, he said. Twenty years later he was a different person. One by one, all of…
Over the past few years, there’s been a random act of kindness knock-off called “Pay it Forward” based on the movie by the same title. In practice, it tends to…
A model is someone you look to for inspiration – someone you want to be like in some way. But the truth is, a great model can only go so…
Once upon a time, our nation had heroes. Astronauts. Presidents. Police chiefs. John Wayne. Rosa Parks. Men and women who weren’t just admired, they were elevated and emulated. Where have…
It’s many a girl’s Christmas dreams … the white dress, the rose and daisy bouquet, her dad – no, her father – walking her down the aisle to meet her…
Hallmark Christmas Movies live and die by a checklist. Snow? Check. Christmas baking? Got it. Present wrapping? Absolutely. Disgrace the main character? Absolutely not. And yet, the first Christmas was…
A conversation with four Raytown Christian Church's staff members about what it means to serve the Lord at RCC. Kim Lawhead, Youth Director; Phylis Goforth, Networking & Public Relations; Tina…
