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28. Special Christmas Podcast - A Brief Message and A Song
From our church family to yours - Enjoy this brief message from our Senior Pastor Beau Eckert and a duet of the all-time classic - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. Meditate on the music and let the spirit of the holiday season overtake your senses. Merry Christmas to you all and a special blessing to you and yours. An excerpt from the Calvary Church Christmas Special. Follow this link to Anchor Podcasts and select your favorite platform or just press play. Or listen on our YouTube…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/24/2020
The Daily Memo | December 24, 2020 | O Holy Night
Christmas Eve is my favorite night of the year. There is such a sense of wonder, anticipation, and holiness upon this night. Nobody on the earth or under the earth had any idea what was about to happen - God had quietly moved all the pieces into place, all the anticipation was coming from Heaven. The time had come. Imagine what it was like to have been there, when the holy light of herald angels exploded above the shepherds keeping their flocks that night.;…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Restored in Him, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/24/2020
Return To The Garden Oil Painting - Time Lapse
EBM Commissioned three pieces of art for the distinct purpose of representing our healing journey through Christ. The Tree of Brokenness, The Tree of Restoration, and Return to the Garden. Thanks to Studio Sixtyone (www.studiosixtyoneart.com) and Ashley Benedict for her tireless effort in capturing the vision. Return to the Garden - Through Jesus' death and resurrection, all believers have the capacity for intimacy with God. That same intimacy that we experienced as we…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/23/2020
The Daily Memo | December 23, 2020 | What To Name The Baby
Here’s one conversation Mary didn’t have to have with Joseph as they awaited the birth of the baby she was carrying: “Joseph, what should we name the baby?” Unlike most people awaiting a birth, they had no question about what they would call this child. The angels who visited Mary and then Joseph told them both that the baby’s name would be Jesus (Matthew 1:20–21; Luke 1:30–31). The angel that appeared to Joseph explained that this…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Understanding Love, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/23/2020
The Daily Memo | December 22, 2020 | An Attitude of Gratitude
Living a life of gratitude means having a heart that is sensitive to God’s presence in our everyday lives. Take some time each day to thank God for who He is and for something He has done for you. You can thank Him always for everything—great or small—but being specific about something each day that is especially meaningful to you will be a blessing to you and to God. For example, it can be as simple as, “Father, thank You for helping me make good…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/22/2020
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
From our church family to yours - Enjoy this version of the all-time classic - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. Meditate on the music and let the spirit of the holiday season overtake your senses. Merry Christmas to you all and a special blessing to you and yours. Click Here O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Video to watch this rendition with scenes from the Chosen. Special thanks to @The Chosen for allowing the use of their footage. Be sure to check out their YouTube channel or visit them…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/21/2020
The Daily Memo | December 21, 2020 | Giving Our Best
We stared at the piles of donated shoes as we entered a local homeless shelter. The director had invited our youth group to help sort through the heaps of used footwear. We spent the morning searching for matches and lining them up in rows across the concrete floor. At the end of the day, we threw away more than half of the shoes because they were too damaged for others to use. Though the shelter couldn’t stop people from giving poor quality items, they refused to…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/21/2020
The Daily Memo | December 18, 2020 | Object Permanence & God's Love
“Object permanence” is an expression used by psychologists of a child’s ability to understand that objects still exist even if they are no longer visible. Up to about four months old, babies don’t have the capacity to believe something exists if they can’t see it. If you hide a toy it no longer exists as far as they are concerned. They reach a stage where if you hide a toy, they will keep on looking for it. They realize that objects exist even…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/18/2020
The Daily Memo | December 17, 2020 | Children Of Light
Light is remarkable, yet we go about our lives hardly giving it any thought. For instance, light is a singular white beam, but it can be separated into many colors. Countless scientists have devoted their entire career to proving whether light is composed of particles or waves, yet remarkably it’s both. And when combined with water and soil, light helps life to grow. Not only that, but it moves faster than everything in the known universe. Keep these qualities in mind…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Understanding Love | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/17/2020
The Daily Memo | December 16, 2020 | A Rare Christmas Star as Two Worlds Align
As 2020 comes to a close, the solar system has decided to grace us with a cosmic Christmas miracle that hasn't been witnessed in nearly 800 years. On Dec. 21 (aka the December solstice), Jupiter and Saturn will align so closely in the night sky that they'll almost appear to collide from our vantage point here on Earth, creating a radiant point of light often referred to as the "Star of Bethlehem" or the "Christmas Star." "Alignments…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Restored in Him, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/16/2020