March 22, 2019
Dear Village Family,
I am loving this warming weather. What I love most is the change. The truth is, I enjoyed the snows that came, but I like them to stay in their season.
I also have appreciation for this church season…the season of Lent. It is a time that reminds us that we always live our lives in the direction of the cross. We do so because any endeavor to love as Christ teaches us to love will require sacrifice. You know this. You know it because you have important relationships---people you love dearly, and that love requires sacrifice at times. It’s not always fun, but because love is involved, you wouldn’t have it any other way.
This Sunday I want to continue our conversation about character. Last Sunday I suggested that character requires that we know what matters most in life and what doesn’t. This Sunday I want to note something fairly simple: character is not simply a mindset or thought, but it is a choice. The good in us and in the world will not simply occur; it will have to be chosen.
I hope you will be able to join us Sunday at our Antioch campus at 9:30 a.m. or at our Mission campus at 8, 9:30 or 11 a.m., or at the Gathering at 5 p.m.
Shalom,
Tom
Dear Village Family,
I am loving this warming weather. What I love most is the change. The truth is, I enjoyed the snows that came, but I like them to stay in their season.
I also have appreciation for this church season…the season of Lent. It is a time that reminds us that we always live our lives in the direction of the cross. We do so because any endeavor to love as Christ teaches us to love will require sacrifice. You know this. You know it because you have important relationships---people you love dearly, and that love requires sacrifice at times. It’s not always fun, but because love is involved, you wouldn’t have it any other way.
This Sunday I want to continue our conversation about character. Last Sunday I suggested that character requires that we know what matters most in life and what doesn’t. This Sunday I want to note something fairly simple: character is not simply a mindset or thought, but it is a choice. The good in us and in the world will not simply occur; it will have to be chosen.
I hope you will be able to join us Sunday at our Antioch campus at 9:30 a.m. or at our Mission campus at 8, 9:30 or 11 a.m., or at the Gathering at 5 p.m.
Shalom,
Tom