Part two of the “Flood” Blog Series

    This summer I’m teaching a sermon series on the Holy Spirit called Flood.  This blog series discusses aspects of the Holy Spirit I don’t get to in the sermon.  Today I want to focus on what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit.              Contemplate...

Thoughts About Speaking in Tongues

Last Sunday I started teaching on the Holy Spirit in a series called Flood.  I believe God is bringing a beautiful expansion of his supernatural power through our church, and I think he therefore wants us to understand more about how the Spirit operates so we can...

Stories from Invite Henrietta

Last Sunday Linda came to worship with us for the first time.  Someone from the prayer team say “Linda?  Is that the Linda we’ve been praying for?”  The reply: “Yes, it’s her.  She’s here!”  Linda was then greeted by people who had invested in her life before she even...

Multi- Partner Marriage Making Inroads

There are now three towns in the Boston area that have approved “polyamorous” relationships: Somerville, Arlington, and Cambridge.  They cannot legalize these relationships yet because that is a matter for the state of Massachusetts; but multi-partner marriages are...

Why is Baptism Important?

  If you haven’t been baptized and you can affirm Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you should take the important step to be baptized.                Baptism is important because Jesus told us to do it.  Make disciples of all nations, he said in Mathew 28:19,...

Trans Identification and Peer Pressure

A 2022 Gallup poll found that 21% of “Gen Z” (people born between 1997 and 2003) identify themselves as LGBTQ.  That’s almost ten times the rate for Baby Boomers.  How do we explain such an astonishing jump?          Dr. Lisa Littman offers a partial explanation.  Dr....