Author Archives: Galen Zook

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””

Pastor Galen Zook Sunday June 16th 2019: Trinity Sunday Romans 5:1-5 Triune God Today is Trinity Sunday, the day we celebrate the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, our God who is three-in-one. It’s also Father’s Day, and our reading from Romans reminds me a lot of something that a father would say: “Suffering produces endurance,ContinueContinue reading “Our Wesleyan Heritage Part 2: John Wesley “Strangely Warmed””

Pastor Galen Zook Sunday June 9th 2019: Pentecost Sunday Romans 8:14-17; Acts 2:1-21 Waiting for the Holy Spirit Once again Jesus’s disciples were gathered together in the upper room. The same place where, 50 deays earlier, they had celebrated Passover with Jesus, the same place where he’d washed their feet, the same place where heContinueContinue reading “Our Wesleyan Heritage Part 1: Phoebe Palmer “The Fire Within””

Pastor Galen Sunday June 2nd, 2019 Psalm 97; John 17:20-26 “The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one” John 17:22 These were some of Jesus’s final words as he prayed for his disciples in the upper room, shortly before he was arrestedContinueContinue reading “One”

Pastor Galen May 26th, 2019 Psalm 67; John 14:23-29 Blessed to Be a Blessing This morning I want to draw our attention to Psalm 67, which reminds us that the blessings that we have been given are not just for ourselves, but if we have been blessed, then those blessings are meant to be shared.ContinueContinue reading “Blessed to Be a Blessing”