Author Archives: Galen Zook

Sunday July 21st 2019 Pastor Galen Zook Colossians 1:15-28 Looking Just Like Mom How many of you have ever been told that you look like your mom or dad or grandparent or another relative? I have a brother who is 5 years older than me, and when we were growing up, everywhere we went, peopleContinueContinue reading “Mirror Image”

Sunday July 14th 2019 Pastor Galen Zook Colossians 1:1-14 Feeling like a Billion Bucks Imagine with me that all of a sudden you received a call out of nowhere letting you know that some long-lost relative whom you’ve never met has just died, leaving you with an inheritance of a billion dollars. It sounds crazy,ContinueContinue reading “Inheritance”

Sunday July 7th 2019 Pastor Galen Zook Galatians 6:7-10; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Working for the Good of All The apostle Paul says in Galatians 6, “So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith” (Galatians 6:10 NRSV). Whenever I thinkContinueContinue reading “Working for the Good of All”

Pastor Galen Zook Sunday June 30th 2019 2 Kings 2:8-14; 1 Timothy 1:1-10 A Legacy of Faith In 2 Timothy 1:6, Paul exhorts Timothy to “rekindle the gift of God that is within you.”  To “kindle” means to “light up.” It’s this image of fanning a spark to make it grow into a flame, toContinueContinue reading “Our Wesleyan Heritage Part 4: “Rekindle the Flame””

Pastor Galen Zook Sunday June 23rd 2019 Psalm 42; Colossians 3:12-17 Dark Night of the Soul 42:8 “By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.” Psalm 42 was written by a poet who was most likely a singer inContinueContinue reading “Our Wesleyan Heritage Part 3: Fannie Crosby “Dark Night””