Posts by Aaron Hinton

This past Sunday, we experienced our Children’s Musical entitled, Faith News. If you weren’t able to join us in person, or if you just need to experience it again, please visit our website or Facebook site to watch our children lead us in worship.  They did a fantastic job. We are very blessed in our church to have a thriving children’s music program. I am grateful to Katherine and her children’s choir team of adults who lead them so well. We are very…

Romans 6:4 “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” Welcome to the Easter season church. On the traditional Christian calendar, the 50 days from Easter to Pentecost is known as the broader season of Easter, or Eastertide. On Sunday, we talked about the significance of Baptism in the life of our church and how…

‘Cause I wasn’t made to be tending a grave, I was called by nameBorn and raised back to life again, I was made for moreSo why would I make a bed in my shameWhen a fountain of grace is running my way?I know I am Yours, and I was made for more”Made for More, Josh Baldwin Have you ever felt old? I recognize by many measures I’m still a young man, but I don’t always feel that way. When I…

“Whoever has ears, let them hear…” – Jesus Did you ever plant a seed in a plastic cup in Sunday School or at Vacation Bible School? Each child would get their own cup and seed. They would plant the seed in the cup and take it home to place in a windowsill. If you remembered to water it, you’d have a tiny little plant growing in your window in what felt like no time at all. It was exciting to…

Jesus was a master storyteller. He captivated audiences with the way He weaved spiritual truth in with practical stories. Nearly 2000 years later, the teachings of Jesus still captivate our hearts and minds. It’s the spiritual depth of such simple stories and the questions that He stirs deep within us that make these teachings so riveting and soul-prodding. Many of Jesus’ teachings were in the form of parables—a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson. These parables…

“God, we thank you for the inspiration of Jesus. Grant that we will love you with all our hearts, souls, and minds, and love our neighbors as we love ourselves, even our enemy neighbors. And we ask you, God, in these days of emotional tension, when the problems of the world are gigantic in extent and chaotic in detail, to be with us in our going out and our coming in, in our rising up and in our lying down,…

My dog Waffles makes faces. Anyone else’s pet do that? You look at them, and they tilt their head. You say something to them, and they raise their eyebrows and stare at you. I know I’m making him more human than the K-9 that he is, but he often looks like he’s judging me. The Ancient Greeks were fans of the practice of physiognomy or face reading. It is the practice of assessing a person’s character or personality from their outer appearance—especially…

My family has a tradition—a tradition that some members of the family like more than others. When we are on vacation or a long holiday break from school, we do a puzzle. Many times when we visit, my mother-in-law, Sherwin Washburn, has one in the works on her dining room table. But especially on beach vacations, one table becomes the puzzle table. One of the more complicated puzzles that we’ve tackled was a scene of African animals. It took most…

This Sunday we talked about the Lord’s Prayer, the model prayer that Jesus teaches in the Sermon on the Mount. I have a sneaky suspicion. If we as a church prayed this prayer…and meant it…it might just change us. It might just change our hearts. Do you believe for it? “‘Our Father who art in heaven…” You are a good, good Father. You are in heaven, and we are not. You are over us. You are in control. “Hallowed be…