Author Archives: Josh

Good morning, Friends! I want to ask you a question this morning. It’s been a couple of weeks since Easter. And my question is, how did the church that Jesus started manage to grow from a small group of 12 … Continue reading →

Easter is the main event of the whole New Testament. Everything else leads up to it. And everything follows from it. All of Jesus’ teaching – all the words that Jesus said, all the things that did, all these were … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Thank you so much for joining us today. Last week – Easter Sunday – was such a big day that it’s hard to know what’s left to say today. We had food, we had music, we had … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Thanks again for joining us here today for worship. We’ve had a pretty challenging week here at Springfield. The tornado which struck our community on Thursday passed right over this neighborhood. All of a sudden, it got … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Thank you all for being here today. Today is the one year anniversary of when the COVID-19 lockdown began. I can still remember so clearly what it was like that day. People were frightened. Nobody was sure … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Welcome again, and thanks for coming today. Spring is starting! This week the first daffodils blossomed out front. Believe it or not, Easter isn’t very far away – it’s just 4 weeks! There’s a whole cycle of … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! We’ve got a bit of a problem. And the problem is, nobody really knows what Jesus looked like. We don’t have any pictures of Jesus that were made at the time. Nobody was taking photographs, or making … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Thanks for being here this morning. And happy Valentine’s Day! Last week, we talked about one of the core ideas of the Quaker movement. We talked about integrity. Integrity shows up in a lot of different places. … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Thank you all for being here today. I appreciate you being here! Coming to worship is such an act of hope these days, an act of faith that God is still here, that things will get better, … Continue reading →