Like many teachers Carrie devotes countless hours to her career often grading papers and communicating with students and parents late into the evening To sustain the effort she relies on her community of colleagues for camaraderie and practical help her challenging job is made easier through collaboration A recent study of educators found that the benefit of collaboration is magnified when those we work with demonstrate humility When colleagues are willing to admit their weaknesses others feel safe to share their knowledge with one another effectively helping everyone in the group The Bible teaches the importance of humility mdash for [... more]

Pastor Rick teaches from the book of the Acts [... more]

Pastor Rick teaches from the book of the Acts [... more]

In the sixties-era program The Andy Griffith Show a man tells Andy he should let his son Opie decide how he wants to live Andy disagrees ldquo You can rsquo t let a young rsquo un decide for himself He rsquo ll grab at the first flashy thing with shiny ribbons on it Then when he finds out there rsquo s a hook in it it rsquo s too late Wrong ideas come packaged with so much glitter that it rsquo s hard to convince them that other things might be better in the long run rdquo He concludes that [... more]

In this special Sunday message Pastor Jonathan Laurie gives a practical message on humility from James Get insight on how to find a life of joy and blessing through submitting to the will of God He who thinks of making no claims shall have all that others claim and by claiming cannot obtain Only an empty vessel can God fill with His gifts And the emptier we are of anything that is due to ourselves the more can God pour into these vessels His eternal riches honors and glories R C H Lenski Scripture Referenced Romans James Psalm Luke Titus [... more]

In the tenth century Abd al-Rahman was the ruler of Cordoba in Spain After fifty years of successful reign ldquo beloved by my subjects dreaded by my enemies and respected by my allies rdquo al-Rahman took a deeper look at his life ldquo Riches and honors power and pleasure have waited on my call rdquo he said of his privileges But when he counted how many days of genuine happiness he rsquo d had during that time they amounted to just fourteen How sobering The writer of Ecclesiastes was also a man of riches and honor Ecclesiastes ndash power and [... more]