by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 13, 2015 | Weekly Words
When I was in high school I got a job doing landscaping. We mowed some large lawns that were built and maintained like a golf course. One of the things I learned how to do is cut lawns in those perfectly crosshatched parallels lines. The secret to this is always...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 4, 2015 | Weekly Words
Just after the 2004 election, I was having a discussion with one of my co-workers in Bellingham. He was obviously upset about the re-election of George W. Bush and could not come to terms with the fact that W had won. The reason for his frustration finally became...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Oct 14, 2015 | Weekly Words
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Oct 9, 2015 | Weekly Words
There is a bed in my office. That is not a metaphorical statement, nor is it a comment on my laziness; rather, I am making the observation that currently, where my chairs usually are, I have a cot set up for people to sleep on. This is because we are hosting families...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Sep 16, 2015 | Weekly Words
On Sunday we talked about the injustice in the world and the responsibility we have as Christians to do measured mediation: absorbing some of the pain and brokenness of others. We can do this because of what we have been given in relationship with God and the promise...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Sep 12, 2015 | Weekly Words
In the sermon Sunday, I took on the task of describing when was a time to kill in the rhythm that God has set for His creation (taken from Ecclesiastes 3.3: a time to kill, and a time to heal). I could have gone with a time to hate, or a time for war, but I didn’t; I...
