The Gift

You may recall the opening scene to the movie Good Morning Vietnam where Robin Williams, playing a radio DJ in Saigon during the Vietnam War, opens his program with the beloved song performed by Louis Armstrong, “What A Wonderful World”. I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom, for me and…

Z’s Daughters

We are most definitely approaching the end of our journey through Numbers. There are still some important pictures of the Gospel to see and so I’m excited to unpack a somewhat obscure passage most of us quickly read through. It involves five primary characters – individuals that do not sound remotely familiar even for the…

What Did I Just Read?

ISIS Ebola Ferguson, Missouri Ukraine Gaza If you have been following the news, each of the above names rings a very distinct and foreboding bell.   Each name is a lit fuse that culminates in one giant barrel of dynamite. Bottom line – this world is blowing up and, thanks to the 24/7 news cycle, we…

Hard Hats & Numbers

While in college, I spent my summers working in a gravel pit. I was most definitely low man in the company food chain so my sole job was to make sure that the crusher continually made little rocks out of big rocks.  It was hot, loud, dirty and a tad dangerous. High-speed conveyor belts, suspended…

Silly Unbelieving Me

“Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” Numbers…

May the Lord Bless You

We want to thank Pastor Dave Morrison for his excellent leadership over these past seven months. Dave has truly led us in worship so that we would behold our Savior and that our hearts would be prepared to be impacted by the gospel. Arcade Church is truly grateful for this season of excellence that Pastor…

A Case of the Grumbles

“Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.  Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.” 1 Corinthians 10:11,12  Grumble ~ to complain or protest about something in a bad-tempered but typically…