So often we read the Bible and the stories can feel like, well, stories. Because it is history it’s easy to disconnect from the events emotionally and forget these were real events experienced by real people with real families and real struggles and real emotions. When we dig a little deeper we can begin to…

How many times have you prayed for something and it seems God takes forever to answer? The truth is he does not operate in our timeframe. God is outside of time. That is, time is something that passes for us while God exists in his eternal present. His name is “I Am” not “I Was”…

Sometimes I cringe. I cringed a couple weeks ago when reading the children’s story during our worship service. The story was the delightful story of children playing with Jesus. The disciples were arguing with one another about who is the greatest in Jesus’ kingdom. In the story Jesus says to the disciples, “No matter how…

Happy Birthday, New City! Fourteen years ago today we launched as New City Church at Palmer Elementary School. We’ve seen God do incredible things in the lives of so many and each one of us has been and is being transformed by the gospel. As we contemplate the next fourteen years, let us remember something…